Prisoners.
[ACT III, Passed by the givinor general of India in council. ACT No. 111 OF 1900. (Received t h e assemt of the governor general on the on the second of February 1900
,!in Act; %ecensdidate the 1 %?=&,tinv ~ a te Prisoners confined by order of a Court. W H E R E A S it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to prisoners confined by order of a Court ;
It is hereby enacted as follows :PART I. itle, tn d 1CB'
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1. (1) This Act may be callod thc Prisoners Act, 1900. (2) It extends to the whole of British India, inclusive of British Baluchistan, the Santhal Parganas and the Pargana of Spiti ; and (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. I n this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,(a) " Court " includes a Coroner and any oacer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction ; and ( 6 ) rc prison " incl~ldesany place which has been declared by the Local Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.
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3. The bfficer in charge of a prisolz shall receive
and detain all persons duly oolnluittcd to his custody, ~ilader
