THE PRISONERS ACT, 1900 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

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PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

PART II 
GENERAL 

SECTIONS 

1. Short title and extent. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Officers in charge of prisons to detain persons duly committed to their custody. 

4. Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or discharge. 

PART III 
PRISONERS IN THE PRESIDENCY-TOWNS 

5. Warrants, etc., to be directed to Police-officers. 

6. Power for State Governments to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons. 

7. Delivery of persons sentenced to imprisonment or death by High Court. 

8. Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court. 

9. Delivery of persons committed by High Court in execution of a decree or for contempt. 

10. Delivery of persons sentenced by Presidency Magistrates. 

11. Delivery of persons committed for trial by High Court. 

12.  Custody  pending  hearing  by  High  Court  under  section  350  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of 

application for insolvency. 

13. Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency-

town. 

PART TV 

PRISONERS OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENCY-TOWNS 

14. References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools. 

15. Power for officers in charge of prisons to give effect to sentences of certain Courts. 

16. Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority. 

17.  Procedure  where  officer  in  charge  of  prison  doubts  the  legality  of  warrant  sent  to  him  for 

execution under this Part. 

18. Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there.  

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[PART V.—PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF PENAL SERVITUDE.] [Omitted.]. 

19. [Omitted.]. 

20. [Omitted.]. 

21. [Omitted.]. 

22. [Omitted.]. 

23. [Omitted.]. 

24. [Omitted.]. 

25. [Omitted.]. 

26. [Omitted.]. 

27. [Omitted.]. 

PART VI 
REMOVAL OF PRISONERS 

28. References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools. 

29. Removal of prisoners. 

30. Lunatic prisoners how to be dealt with. 

31. [Repealed.]. 

PART VII 
PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF TRANSPORTATION 

32. Appointment of places for confinement of persons under sentence of transportation and removal 

thereto. 

PART VIII 
DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS 

33. Release, on recognizance, by order of High Court, of prisoner recommended for pardon. 

[PART IX.— PROVISIONS FOR REQUIRING THE ATTENDANCE OF PRISONERS AND OBTAINING THEIR   

EVIDENCE.]—[Repealed.]. 

34. [Repealed.]. 

35. [Repealed.]. 

36. [Repealed.]. 

37. [Repealed.]. 

38. [Repealed.]. 

39. [Repealed.]. 

40. [Repealed.]. 

41. [Repealed.]. 

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42. [Repealed.]. 

43. [Repealed.]. 

44. [Repealed.]. 

45. [Repealed.]. 

46. [Repealed.]. 

47. [Repealed.]. 

48. [Repealed.]. 

49. [Repealed.]. 

50. [Repealed.]. 

51. [Repealed.]. 

52. [Repealed.]. 

53. [Repealed.]. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.]. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.]. 

THE THIRD SCHEDULE. — [Repealed.]. 

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THE PRISONERS ACT, 1900  

ACT NO. 3 OF 19001 

An Act to consolidate the law relating to Prisoners confined by order of a Court.  

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to prisoners confined by order of a Court; 

It is hereby enacted as follows:—  

[2nd February, 1900.] 

PART I  
PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900; 

2[(2)  It  extends  to  the  whole  of  India  except 3[the  territories  which,  immediately  before  the  1st 

November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.] 4*** 

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2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— 

(a) “Court” includes a Coroner and any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue 

jurisdiction; and 

(b)  “prison”  includes  any  place  which  has  been  declared  by  the  State  Government,  by 

general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail. 

5[(c) “States” means the territories to which this Act extends.] 

PART II  
GENERAL 

3.  Officers in  charge  of  prisons  to  detain  persons  duly committed  to  their  custody. —
The  officer  in  charge  of  a  prison  shall  receive  and  detain  all  persons  duly  committed  to  his 
custody,  under  this  Act  or  otherwise,  by  any  Court,  according  to  the  exigency  of  any  writ, 
warrant or order by which such person has been committed, or until such person is discharged 
or removed in due course of law. 

4. Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or discharge.—The 
officer  in  charge  of  a  prison  shall  forthwith,  after  the  execution  of  every  such  writ,  order  or 
warrant as aforesaid other than a warrant of commitment for trial, or after the discharge of the 
person  committed  thereby,  return  such  writ,  order  or  warrant  to  the  Court  by  which  the  same 
was issued or  made, together  with a certificate, endorsed thereon and signed by  him, showing 

1.   The Act has been amended in its application to — 

(1)  C’P.  and  Berar  by  the  C.P.  and  Berar  Prisoners  (Amendment)  Act,  1939  (C.P.  and  Berar  Act  4  of 

1939). 

(2)  Bihar by Bihar Act 23 of 1956. 
(3)  Madras by Madras Act 11 of 1958. 
(4)  Bombay by Bombay Act 15 of 1959 (when notified). 
(5)  N.E.P.A. by Reg. 3 of 1960, s. 3 and the Schedule. 

The Act has been extended to— 

(1)  Whole of Madhya Pradesh by M. P. Act 23 of 1958 (when notified).  
(2)  Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and  the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-2-1964). 
(3)  Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1968 s. 2 and The First Schedule. 
(4)   Lakshadweep (w.e.f. 1-10-1967): vide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
(5)  Pondicherry  by  Act  26  of  1968,  s.  3  and  the  Schedule.  The  Act  has  been  rep.  in  Rajasthan  by 

Raj. Act 39 of 1960. 

Part IX rep. in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955. 
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for sub-section (2). 
3. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956 for “Part B States”. 
4. The word “and” and sub-section (3) rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and the Second Schedule. 
5. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No.  2) Order, 1956 for the former clause (c) which had been ins. by the 

A. O. 1950. 

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how  the  same  has  been  executed,  or  why  the  person  committed  thereby  has  been  discharged 
from custody before the execution thereof. 

PART III 

PRISONERS IN THE PRESIDENCY-TOWNS 

5. Warrants, etc., to be directed to Police officers.—Every writ or warrant for the arrest of 
any person issued by the High Court in the exercise of its ordinary, extraordinary or other criminal 
jurisdiction  shall  be  directed  to  and  executed  by  a  Police  officer  within  the  local  limits  of  such 
jurisdiction. 

6. Power for State Governments to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons. —
The  State  Government  may  appoint  officers  who  shall  have  authority  to  receive  and  detain 
prisoners committed to their custody under this part. 

Explanation.—Any officer so appointed, by whatever designation he may be styled, is hereinafter 

referred to as “the Superintendent”. 

7. Delivery of persons sentenced to imprisonment or death  by High Court.—Where 
any  person  is  sentenced  by  the  High  Court  in  the  exercise  of  its  original  criminal  jurisdiction  to 
imprisonment  or  to  death,  the  Court  shall  cause  him  to  be  delivered  to  the  Superintendent  together 
with its warrant, and such warrant shall be executed by the Superintendent and returned by him to the 
High Court when executed. 

8.  Delivery  of  persons  sentenced  to  transportation  by  High  Court.—Where any person 
is  sentenced  by  the  High  Court  in  the  exercise  of  its  original  criminal  jurisdiction  to 
transportation 1***  the  Court  shall  cause  him  to  be  delivered  for  intermediate  custody  to  the 
Superintendent,  and  the  transportation  1***  of  such  person  shall  be  deemed  to  commence  from 
such delivery. 

9.  Delivery  of  persons  committed  by  High  Court  in  execution  of  a  decree  or  for 
contempt.—Where any person is committed by the High Court, whether in execution of a decree or 
for  contempt  of  Court  or  for  any  other  cause,  the  Court  shall  cause  him  to  be  delivered  to  the 
Superintendent, together with its warrant of commitment. 

10.  Delivery  of  persons  sentenced  by  Presidency  Magistrates. —Where  any  person  is 
sentenced by a Presidency Magistrate to imprisonment, or is committed to prison for failure to find 
security to keep the peace or to be of good behavior, the Magistrate shall cause him to be delivered to 
the Superintendent, together with his warrant. 

11. Delivery of persons committed for trial by High Court.—Every person committed by 
a  Magistrate, 2[or  Justice  of  the  Peace]  for  trial  by  the  high  Court  in  the  exercise  of  its  original 
criminal jurisdiction shall be delivered to the Superintendent, together with a warrant of commitment, 
directing the Superintendent to produce such person before the Court for trial; and the Superintendent 
shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  cause  such  person  to  be  taken  before  the  Court  at  a  criminal  session 
thereof, together with the warrant of commitment, in order that he may be dealt with according to law. 

12.  Custody  pending  hearing  by  High  Court  under  section  350  of  the  Code  of  Civil 
Procedure  of  application  for  insolvency.—The  High  Court  may,  pending  the  hearing,  under 
section 350 of the Code of Civil Procedure (14 of 1882), 3 of any application for a declaration of 
insolvency, cause the judgment-debtor concerned to be delivered to the Superintendent, subject 
to  the  provisions  as  to  release  on  security  of  3section  349  of  the  said  Code,  and  the 
Superintendent  shall  detain  the  said judgment-debtor  in  safe  custody  until  he  is  re-delivered  to 
an officer of the High Court for the purpose of being taken before it in pursuance of its order, or 
until he is released in due course of law. 

1. The words “or penal servitude”, omitted by Act 17 of1949. s. 4. 
2. Subs. by Act 4 of 1908, s. 13, for “Justice of the Peace, or Coroner”. 
3. This reference should be constrained as applying to the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), see s. 83 (2) of that 

Act. 

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13. Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court 
in Presidency-town.—(1) Every person arrested in pursuance of a writ, warrant or order of the High 
Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction, or in pursuance of a warrant of any Civil Court 
established  in  a  Presidency-town  under  any  law  or  enactment  for  the  time  being  in  force,  or  in 
pursuance  of  a  warrant  issued  under  section  5,  shall  be  brought  without  delay  before  the  Court  by 
which, or by a Judge of which, the writ, warrant or order was issued, awarded or made, or before a 
Judge  thereof,  if  the  said  Court,  or  a  Judge  thereof  is  then  sitting  for  the  exercise  of  original 
jurisdiction. 

(2) If the said Court, or a Judge thereof, is not then sitting for the exercise of original jurisdiction, 
such person arrested as aforesaid shall, unless a Judge of the said Court otherwise directs, be delivered 
to the Superintendent for intermediate custody, and shall be brought before the said Court, or a Judge 
thereof,  at  the  next  sitting  of  the  said  Court,  or  of  a  Judge  thereof,  for  the  exercise  of  original 
jurisdiction in order that such person may be dealt with according to law; and the said Court or Judge 
shall have power to make or award all necessary orders or warrants for that purpose. 

PART IV 

PRISONERS OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENCY-TOWNS 

14.  References  in  this  Part  to  prisons,  etc.,  to  be  construed  as  referring  also  to 
Reformatory Schools.—In this Part all references to prisons or to imprisonment or confinement 
shall be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools or to detention therein. 

1 [15.  Power  for  officers  in  charge  of  prisons  to  give  effect  to  sentences  of   certain 
Courts.—(1)  Officers  in charge of  prisons  outside the Presidency towns  may  give effect to  any 
sentence or order or warrant for the detention of any person passed or issued— 

(a)  by  any  Court  or  tribunal  acting,  whether  within  or  without  the  States  under  the 
general  or  special  authority  of  the  Central  Government,  or  of  any  State  Government,  or 
of  the  Government  of  Burma,  or  by  any  Court  or  tribunal,  which  was  before  the 
commencement  of  the  Constitution  acting  under  the  gen eral  or  special  authority  of  His 
Majesty, or of the Crown Representative; or  

( b )   before the 26th January, 1950, by any Court or tribunal in any Indian State— 

(i) if the presiding Judge, or if the Court or tribunal consisted of two or more Judges, 
at least one of the Judges, was an  officer of the  Crown authorised to sit  as such Judge 
by  the  State  or  the  Ruler  thereof  or  by  the  Central  Government  or  the  Crown 
Representative; and 

(ii) if the reception, detention or imprisonment in any Province of India of per sons 
sentenced  by  any  such  Court  or  tribunal  had  been  authorised  by  general  or  spe cial 
order by the State Government : or 

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Provided that effect shall not be given to any sentence or order or warrant for detention passed or 
issued  by  any  Court  or  tribunal  in  Burma  without  the  previous  sanction  of  the  State  Government 
concerned. 

(2) Where a Court or tribunal of such an Indian State as aforesaid had passed a sentence 
which  could  not  have  been  executed  without  the  concurrence  of  an  officer  of  the  Crown, 
and  such  sentence  had  been  considered  on  the  merits  and  confirmed  by  any  such  officer 
specially  authorised  in  that  behalf,  such  sentence,  and  any  order  or  warrant  issued  in 
pursuance  thereof,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  sentence,  order  or  warrant  of  a  Court  or 
tribunal  acting  under 
the  Crown 
Representative.) 

the  Central  Government  or 

the  authority  of 

1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for section 15. 
3. Clause (c) omitted The Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.  

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16.  Warrant  of  officer  of  such  Court  to  be  sufficient  authority.—A  warrant  under  the 
official  signature  of  an  officer  of  such  Court  or  tribunal  as  is  referred  to  in  section  15  shall  be 
sufficient  authority  for  holding  any  person  in  confinement,  or  for  sending  any  person  for 
transportation, in pursuance of the sentence passed upon him. 

17.  Procedure  where  officer  in  charge  of  prison  doubts  the  legality  of  warrant  sent  to 
him for execution under this Part.—(1) Where an officer in charge of a prison doubts the legality 
of a warrant or order sent to him for execution under this Part, or the competency of the person whose 
official seal or signature is affixed thereto to pass the sentence and issue the warrant or order, he shall 
refer the matter to the State Government, by whose order on the case he and all other public officers 
shall be guided as to the future disposal of the prisoner. 

(2) Pending a reference made under sub-section (1), the prisoner shall be detained in such manner 

and with such restrictions or mitigations as may be specified in the warrant or order. 

18.  Execution  in  the  States  of  certain  capital  sentences  not  ordinarily  executable                  

there.—(1) Where a 1[Court established by the authority of the Central Government] exercising, in 
or  with  respect  to  territory  beyond  the  limits  of  the  States,  jurisdiction  which  2 [the  3 [Central 
Government]] has in such territory,— 

(a) has sentenced any person to death, and 

(b)  being  of  opinion  that such  sentence  should,  by  reason  of  there being  in  such  territory  no 
secure  place  for  the  confinement  of  such  person  or  no  suitable  appliances for his  execution  in a 
decent and humane manner, be executed in the States has issued its warrant for the execution of 
such sentence to the officer in charge of a prison in the States, 

such officer shall, on receipt of the warrant, cause the execution to be carried out at such place as may 
be  prescribed  therein  in  the  same  manner  and  subject  to  the  same  conditions  in  all  respects  as  if  it 
were a warrant duly issued under the provisions of  section 381 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 
1898 (5 of 1898). 

(2) The prisons of which the officers in charge are to execute sentences under any such warrants 
as aforesaid 4[shall in each State be such as the State Government] may, by general or special order, 
direct. 

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PART V.— [PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF PENAL SERVITUDE.]  Omitted by the Criminal 

Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949 (17 of 1949).  s. 4. 

19. [Persons under sentence of penal servitude how to be dealt with.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid.  

20. [Enactments respecting persons under sentence of transportation or imprisonment with hard 

labour applied to persons under sentence of penal servitude.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid.  

21. [Power to grant license to person sentenced to penal servitude.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid. 

22. [Licensee to be allowed to go at large.] Omitted by s. 4 ibid. 

23. [Apprehension of convict where license revoked.] Omitted by s. 4 ibid. 

1. Subs. by the A.O.1948, for “British Court”. 
2. Subs. by the A.O.1937, for “the G. G. in C.”. 
3. Subs. by the A.O.1948, for “Crown”. 
4.  Subs.  by  the  A.O.  1937,  for  “shall  be  such  as  the  G.  G.  in  C.  or  a  L.  G.  authorized  by  the  G.  G.  in  C.  in  this 

behalf”. 

5. Sub-section (3) and the proviso thereto omitted by the A.O. 1950. 

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24.  [Execution of warrant.]Omitted by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) 

Act, 1949 (17 of 1949). s. 4. 

25. [Licensee when arrested to be brought up for recommitment]. Omitted by s. 4, ibid. 

26. [Recommitment.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid. 

27. [Penalty for breach of condition of the license.] Omitted by s. 4, ibid. 

PART VI 

REMOVAL OF PRISONERS 

28.  References  in  this  Part  to  prisons,  etc.,  to  be  construed  as  referring  also  to 
Reformatory  Schools.—In  this  Part,  all  references  to  prisons  or  to  imprisonment  or  confinement 
shall be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools or to detention therein. 

1[29.  Removal  of  prisoners.—(1) The 2[State Government] may, by general or special order. 

provide for the removal of any prisoner confined in a prison— 

(a) under sentence of death, or 

(b) under, or in lieu of, a sentence of imprisonment or transportation, or 

(c) in default of payment of a fine, or 

(d) in default of giving security for keeping the peace or for maintaining good behavior, 

to any other prison in  3[the State  4***]. 

(2) 5[Subject to the orders, and under the control, of the State Government] the Inspector-General 
of  Prisons  may,  in  like  manner,  provide  for  the  removal  of  any  prisoner  confined  as  aforesaid  in  a 
prison in the State to any other prison in the State6.] 

30. Lunatic prisoners how to be dealt with.—(1) Where it appears to the State Government 
that any person detained or imprisoned under any order or sentence of any Court is of unsound mind, 
the  State  Government  may,  by  a  warrant  setting  forth  the  grounds  of  belief  that  the  person  is  of 
unsound mind, order his removal to a lunatic asylum or other place of safe custody within the State, 
there  to  be  kept  and  treated  as  the  State  Government  directs  during  the  remainder  of  the  term  for 
which he has been ordered or sentenced to be detained or imprisoned, or, if on the expiration of that 
term it is certified by a medical officer that it is necessary for the safety of the prisoner or others that 
he should be further detained under medical care or treatment, then until he is discharged according to 
law. 

(2)  Where  it  appears  to  the  State  Government  that  the  prisoner  has  become  of  sound  mind,  the 
State  Government  shall,  by  a  warrant  directed  to  the  person  having  charge  of  the  prisoner,  if  still 
liable  to  be  kept  in  custody,  remand  him  to  the  prison  from  which  he  was  removed,  or  to  another 
prison within the State, or, if the prisoner is no longer liable to be kept in custody, order him to be 
discharged. 

(3)  The  provisions  of  section  9  of  the  7 Lunatic  Asylums  Act,  1858  (36  of  1858),  shall 

1. Subs. by Act 1 of 1903, s. 3 and the second Schedule for section 29.  
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “G. G. in C.”. 
3. Subs. by the  A.O. 1937, for “British India or to any prison in Berar”.  The  words “or to any prison  in Berar” had been 

added by Act 17 of 1923. s. 2. 

4. The words “or, with the consent of the State Government concerned, to any prison in any other State” omitted by Act 29 

of 1950, s. 4. 

5. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for “The L. G., and (subject to its orders and under its control)”. 
6.  The  words  “or,  in  the  case  of  prisoner  so  confined  in  a  prison  in  the  C.  P.,  for  his  removal  to  any  other  prison  in  the 

Province or to any prison in Berar”, which had been added by Act 17 of 1923, s. 2 were omitted by the A. O. 1937. 

7. See now the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (4 of 1912). 

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apply to every person confined in a lunatic asylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of 
the term for which he was ordered or sentenced to be detained or imprisoned, and the time during 
which a prisoner is confined in a lunatic asylum under that sub-section shall he reckoned as part 
of the term of detention or imprisonment which he may have been ordered or sentenced by the 
Court to undergo. 

1[(4) In any case in which the State Government is competent under sub-section (1) to order 
the removal of a prisoner to a lunatic asylum or other place of safe custody within the State, the 
State Government may order his removal to any such asylum or place within any other State or 
within  2[any  part  of  India  to  which  this  Act  does  not  extend]  by  agreement  with  the  State 
Government of such other State 3***;  and the provisions of this section respecting the custody, 
detention, remand and discharge of a prisoner removed under sub-section (1) shall, so far as they 
can be made applicable apply to a prisoner removed under this sub-section.] 

31.  [Removal  of  prisoners  from  territories  under  one  Local  Government  to  territories 
under  another.]  Repealed  by  the  Amending  Act,  1903  (1  of  1903),  s.  4  and  the  Third 
Schedule. 

PART VII 

PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF TRANSPORTATION 

32.  Appointment  of  places  for  confinement  of  persons  under  sentence  of 
transportation  and  removal  thereto .— 4[(1)]  The  5[State  Government]  may  appoint  places 
within 6[the  State]  to  which  persons  under  sentence  of  transportation  shall  be  sent;  and  the  6[State 
Government],  or  some  officer  duly  authorised  in  this behalf by  the  6[State  Government], shall  give 
orders  for  the  removal  of  such  persons  to  the  places  so  appointed,  except  when  sentence  of 
transportation  is  passed  on  a  person  already  undergoing  transportation  under  a  sentence  previously 
passed for another offence. 

7[(2)  In any case in which the State Government is competent under sub-section (1) to appoint 
places within the States and to order the removal thereto of persons under sentence of transportation, 
the  State  Government  may  appoint  such  places  in  any  other  State  by  agreement  with  State 
Government of that State, and may by like agreement give orders or duly authorise some officer to 
give orders for the removal thereto of such persons.] 

PART VIII 

DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS 

33. Release, on recognizance, by order of High Court, of prisoner recommended for 
pardon.—8[Any High Court] may, in any case in which it has recommended to 9[Government] the 
granting of a free pardon to any prisoner, permit him to be at liberty on his own recognizance. 

1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and the First Schedule, for sub-section (4). 
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for “any Part B State”. 
3. The words “or with such State or the Ruler thereof, as the case may be” omitted, ibid. 
4. Section 32 was re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and the First Schedule. 
5. Subs. by s. 2, and the First Schedule, Pt. I, ibid., for G.G. in C. 
6. Subs. by s. 2 and the First Schedule; Pt. I, ibid., for “British India”. 
7. Ins. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. 
8. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956 for “Any Court which is a High Court for a Part A State”. 
9. Subs. by the A.O.1950 for “Her Majesty”. 

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PART 

IX—[PROVISIONS 

PRISONERS 
REQUIRING 
AND  OBTAINING  THEIR  EVIDENCE]  Repealed  by  the  Prisoners  (Attendance  in  Courts)  Act, 
1955 (32 of 1955), s. 10. 

ATTENDANCE  OF 

FOR 

THE 

34.  [References  in  this  part  to  prisons,  etc.,  to  be  construed  as  referring  also  to 

Reformatory Schools.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

35. 

[Power  of  Civil  Courts 

to 

require  appearance  of  prisoner 

to  give                  

evidence.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

36.  [District  Judge  in  certain  cases  to  countersign  orders  made  under   section  35.] 

Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

37.  [Power  for  certain  Criminal  Courts  to  require  attendance  of  prisoner   to  give 

evidence or answer to charge.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

38.  [Order  to  be  transmitted  through  Magistrate  of  the  District  or  subdivision  in 

which person is confined.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

39.  [Procedure  where  removal  is  desired  of  person  confined  in  Presidency-town  or 
more  than  one  hundred  miles  from  place  where  evidence  is  required .]  Repealed  by  s.  10, 
ibid. 

40. [Persons confined beyond limits of appellate jurisdiction of High Court .] Repealed 

by s. 10, ibid. 

41. [Prisoner to be brought up.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

42.  [Power  to  Government  to  exempt  certain  prisoners  from  operation  of  this  Part .] 

Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

43.  [Officer  in  charge  of  prison  when  to  abstain  from  carrying  out  orders .]  Repealed 

by s. 10, ibid. 

44. [Commissions for examination of prisoners.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

45.  [Commissions for examination of prisoners beyond limits of appellate jurisdiction 

of High Court.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

46. [Commission how to be directed.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

47. [Process how served on prisoners.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

48. [Process served to be transmitted at prisoner’s request .] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

49. [Application of Part in certain cases.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

50. [Deposit of costs.] Repealed by s. 10, ibid. 

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51.  [Power  to  make  rules  under  this  Part.]    Repealed  by  the  Prisoners  (Attendance  in 

Courts) Act, 1955 (32 of 1955), s.10. 

52.  [Power  to  declare  who  shall  be  deemed  officer  in  charge  of  Prison .]  Repealed  by 

s.10, ibid. 

53.  [Repeals.]  Repealed  by  the  Repealing  and  Amending  Act,  1914  (10  of  1914),  s.  3 

and the Second Schedule. 

[THE FIRST SCHEDULE.] Repealed by the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955 (32 of 

1955), S. 10. 

[THE SECOND SCHEDULE.] Repealed by s.10, ibid. 
[THE THIRD SCHEDULE.] Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914), 

s. 3 and the Second Schedule. 

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