.....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). (6) N.E.P.A. by Reg. 3 of 1960, section. 3 and Sch. 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, section. 3 and Sch. (3) Dadra and nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1968, section. 2 and Sch. 1 w.e.f. 1-7-1965. (4) Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, section. 3 and Sch. w.e.f. 1-10-1987. (5) Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, section. 3 and Sch. The Act has been repealed in Rajasthan by Rajasthan Act 39 of 1960. Part IX rep. in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900. 1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in] Part B States.] 3 [***]4 [***] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2). 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States". 3. The word "and" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section. 3 and Sch. II. 4. Sub-section (3) rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section. 3 and Sch. II. Section 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 the1[State Government], by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail; 2[(c) "States" means the territories to which this Act extends.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for clause (c) which had been Inserted by the A.O. 1950.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Prisoners Act, 1900. 1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2 [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in] Part B States.] 3 [***]4 [***] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2). 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part B States". 3. The word "and" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section. 3 and Sch. II. 4. Sub-section (3) rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section. 3 and Sch. II.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn 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 the1[State Government], by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail; 2[(c) "States" means the territories to which this Act extends.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for clause (c) which had been Inserted by the A.O. 1950.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThe 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. Section 4 - Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or discharge The officer in charge of a prison shall for the with, 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 how the same has been executed, or why the person committed thereby has been discharged from custody before the execution thereof.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThe 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.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThe officer in charge of a prison shall for the with, 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 how the same has been executed, or why the person committed thereby has been discharged from custody before the execution thereof.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....law. ________________________ 1.This reference should be construedas applying to the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920, see, section 83(2) of thatAct. Section 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.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionEvery 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 limitsof such jurisdiction.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section6.Power for 1 [State] Governments to appoint Superintendents of presidency prisons The 2 [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". ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government"
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