Act Number: 2

Act Name: The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Year: 1974

Enactment Date: 1974-01-25

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 266: Definitions.
    In this Chapter,--
    (a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention;
    (b) "prison" includes,--
        (i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;
        (ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or institution of a like nature.
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