Section 6
Lawfulness of custody and retaking upon escape. Repealed
The Exchange of Prisoners�Act, 1948
About this Act
An Act to provide, in pursuance of an agreement with Pakistan for the exchange of prisoners, for the of certain prisoners from India to Pakistan and the reception in India of certain prisoners from Pakistan.
It shall be lawful for any officer of Pakistan
to whom the custody of a prisoner is delivered under the provisions of section 4 to receive and hold in
custody such prisoner and to convey him out of India, and if the prisoner escapes from such custody
within India he may be retaken as a person accused of an offence may be retaken upon an escape.