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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Prisoners Act, 1900

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/134083

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Prisoners Act, 1900 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Section2 - Definitions
Part1 - PRELIMINARY
Section3 - Officers in charge of prisons to detain persons duly committed to their custody
Part3 - PRISONERS IN THE PRESIDENCY-TOWNS
Section5 - Warrants, etc., to be directed to Police-officers
Section6 - Power for State Governments to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons
Section7 - Delivery of persons sentenced to imprisonment or death by High Court
Section8 - Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court
Section9 - Delivery of persons committed by High Court in execution of a decree or for contempt
Section10 - Delivery of persons sentenced by Presidency Magistrates
Section11 - Delivery of persons committed for trial by High Court
Section12 - Custody pending hearing by High Court under section 350 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Section 13 - application for
Section13 - Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency
Section14 - References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools
Section15 - Power for officers in charge of prisons to give effect to sentences of certain Courts
Section16 - Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority
Section17 - Procedure where officer in charge of prison doubts the legality of warrant sent to him for Section 18 - execution under
Section18 - Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there
Part6 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS
Section28 - References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools
Section30 - Lunatic prisoners how to be dealt with
Part7 - PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF TRANSPORTATION
Section32 - Appointment of places for confinement of persons under sentence of transportation and removal
Part8 - DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS
Section33 - Release, on recognizance, by order of High Court, of prisoner recommended for pardon
Section1 - Short title and extent.—

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