THE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT, 1950

ACT NO. 29 OF 1950

[12th April, 1950.]
An Act to provide for the removal from one State to another of persons confined in a prison. Be it enacted by Parliament as follows:-



1.Short title and extent.


1.Short title and extent. (1) This Act may be called the Transfer of Prisoners Act, 1950.

(2) It extends to the whole of India 1* ***


2.Definitions.


2.Definitions.In this Act,-


(a) " court " includes any officer lawfully exercising civil,criminal or revenue jurisdiction; 2*[(b) "
Government " or " State Government ", in relation to a
Union territory, means the administrator thereof ;]

(c) "prison" includes any place which has been declared by a State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.



3.Removal of prisoners from one State to another.


3.Removal of prisoners from one State to another. (1) Where any person is confined in a prison in a State,-


(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:


the Government of that State may, with the consent of the Government of any other State, by order, provide for the removal of the prisoner from that prison to any prison in the other State.

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1 The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by
Act 25 of 1968, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).
The Act has been extended to-

Kohima and Mokakchung Districts by Reg. 7 of 1961; Dadra and Nagar
Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963; Goa,-Daman and Diu by Notification No. GSR
430, dated 9-3-1965, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, See. 3(i), p. 468.and Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, S. 3 and Sch.

2 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for the former clause.
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(2)The officer in charge of the prison to which any person is removed under sub-section (1) shall receive and detain him, so far as may be,.
according to the exigency of any writ, warrent or order of the court by which such person has been committed, or until such person is discharged or removed in due course of law.

4.[Amendment of section 29, Act III of 1900.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (36 of 1957), s. 2 and Sch. I.