Section 144
Temporary custody of offender.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.
Where a sentence of imprisonment is directed to be
undergone in a civil prison, the offender may be kept in Force custody or in any other fit place till such
time as it is possible to send him to a civil prison.