Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Transfer of Prisoners Act, 1950

Year: 1950

Enactment Date: 1950-04-12

Long Title: An Act to provide for the removal from one State to another of persons confined in a prison.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act,—
         (a) "court" includes any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction;
         1 [(b) "Government" or "State Government", in relation to a Part C State, means the administrator thereof;]
         (c) "prison" includes any place which has been declared by State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
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