Section 12
Transfer into India.
The Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003
About this Act
An Act to provide for the transfer of certain prisoners from India to country or place outside India and reception in India of certain prisoners from country or place outside India.
(1) The Central Government may accept the transfer of a prisoner, who is
a citizen of India, from a contracting State wherein he is undergoing any sentence of imprisonment
subject to such terms and conditions as may be agreed to between India and that State.
(2) If the Central Government accepts the request for a transfer under sub-section (1), then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, it may issue a warrant to detain the prisoner in prison in accordance with the provisions of section 13 in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) If the Central Government accepts the request for a transfer under sub-section (1), then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, it may issue a warrant to detain the prisoner in prison in accordance with the provisions of section 13 in such form as may be prescribed.