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Section 29: Removal of prisoners.

The Prisoners Act, 1900Central Act · Act 3 of 1900

[29. Removal of prisoners.—(1) The [State Government] may, by general or special order. provide for the removal of any prisoner confined in a prison—

(a) under sentence of death, or

(b) under, or in lieu of, a sentence of imprisonment or transportation, or

(c) in default of payment of a fine, or

(d) in default of giving security for keeping the peace or for maintaining good behavior, to any other prison in [the State ***].

(2) [Subject to the orders, and under the control, of the State Government] the Inspector-General of Prisons may, in like manner, provide for the removal of any prisoner confined as aforesaid in a prison in the State to any other prison in the State .]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Prisoners Act, 1900
Section29
Marginal noteRemoval of prisoners.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 1 of 1903. . Subs. by Act 1 of 1903, s. 3 and the second Schedule for section 29.
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G. G. in C.".
  • substituted, Act 17 of 1923. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "British India or to any prison in Berar". The words "or to any prison in Berar" had been added by Act 17 of 1923. s. 2.
  • omitted, Act 29 of 1950. . The words "or, with the consent of the State Government concerned, to any prison in any other State" omitted by Act 29 of 1950, s. 4.
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "The L. G., and (subject to its orders and under its control)".
  • omitted, Act 17 of 1923. . The words "or, in the case of prisoner so confined in a prison in the C. P., for his removal to any other prison in the Province or to any prison in Berar", which had been added by Act 17 of 1923, s. 2 were omitted by the A. O. 1937.

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