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The Prisoners Act, 1900

( ACT NO. III OF 1900 )

[ 2nd February, 1900 ]

Part VI

REMOVAL OF PRISONERS

Removal of prisoners.
29.(1) The 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 behaviour,
 
 
to any other prison in Bangladesh 1[* * *].
 
 
(2) Subject to the orders, and under the control, of the Government the Inspector-General of Prisons may, in like manner, provide for the removal of any prisoner confined as aforesaid in a prison in Bangladesh to any other prison in Bangladesh.
 
 
2[* * *].
  • 1
    The commas and words “, or, with the consent of the Provincial Government concerned, to any prison in the other Province or, with the consent of the Central Government to any prison maintained by it or under its authority in any part of Pakistan” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
  • 2
    Sub-section (3) was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
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