Section 9
Reception in India of prisoners transferred from Pakistan. Repealed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.
(1) The Central Government may,
by general or special order, specify the place or places at which, and the officer or officers to whom, the
custody of prisoners confined or detained in Pakistan is to be delivered in pursuance of the agreement
reached in this behalf between the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan.
(2) It shall be lawful for any such officer as aforesaid to receive and hold in custody any prisoner so delivered and to convey such prisoner to any prison in a State of India for being dealt with in accordance with law; and if the prisoner escapes from such custody he may be retaken as a person accused of an offence against an Indian law may be retaken upon an escape.
(2) It shall be lawful for any such officer as aforesaid to receive and hold in custody any prisoner so delivered and to convey such prisoner to any prison in a State of India for being dealt with in accordance with law; and if the prisoner escapes from such custody he may be retaken as a person accused of an offence against an Indian law may be retaken upon an escape.