Section List

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 NumberTitleActions
1Short title and extent.
2Definitions.
3Officers in charge of prisons to detain persons duly committed to their custody.
4Officers in charge of prisons to return writs, etc., after execution or discharge.
5Warrants, etc., to be directed to Police-officers.
6Power for State Governments to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons.
7Delivery of persons sentenced to imprisonment or death by High Court.
8Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court.
9Delivery of persons committed by High Court in execution of a decree or for contempt.
10Delivery of persons sentenced by Presidency Magistrates.
11Delivery of persons committed for trial by High Court.
14References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
15Power for officers in charge of prisons to give effect to sentences of certain Courts.
16Warrant of officer of such Court to be sufficient authority.
18Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there.
19[Omitted.].
20[Omitted.].
21[Omitted.].
22[Omitted.].
23[Omitted.].
24[Omitted.].
25[Omitted.].
26[Omitted.].
27[Omitted.].
28References in this Part to prisons, etc., to be construed as referring also to Reformatory Schools.
29Removal of prisoners.
30Lunatic prisoners how to be dealt with.
31[Repealed.].
33Release, on recognizance, by order of High Court, of prisoner recommended for pardon.
34Repealed..
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12Custody pending hearing by High Court under section 350 of the Code of Civil Procedure of application for insolvency.
13Delivery of persons arrested in pursuance of warrant of High Court or Civil Court in Presidency- town.
17Procedure where officer in charge of prison doubts the legality of warrant sent to him for execution under this Part.
32Appointment of places for confinement of persons under sentence of transportation and removal thereto.
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