Section 8

Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court.

The Prisoners Act, 1900

  • Act 3 of 1900
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Home
About this Act

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

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    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.

Notes

1. The words "or penal servitude", omitted by Act 17 of 1949. s. 4.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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