Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Prisoners Act, 1900

Year: 1900

Enactment Date: 1900-02-02

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

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--
     (a) "Court" includes a Coroner and any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction; and
     (b) "prison" includes any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.
     1[(c) "States" means the territories to which this Act extends.]
Notes:
1. N.E.P.A. by Reg. 3 of 1960, s. 3 and the Schedule. The Act has been extended to--
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