The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 33 of 1963
(1) All prisoners, previously to being removed to any other prison shall be examined by the Medical Officer.
(2) No person shall be removed from one prison to another unless the Medical Officer certifies that the prisoner is free from any illness rendering him unfit for removal.
(3) No prisoner shall be discharged against his will from prison, if labouring under any acute or dangerous distemper, nor until, in the opinion of the Medical Officer, such discharge is safe.