Exchange of Prisoners Act : Definitions. Indian Bare Acts :

Exchange of Prisoners Act,1948

Act No : 58

Section : Definitions.

2.Definitions. In this Act, unless there in anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) " prison " includes any subsidiary jail, judicial lock- up or police lock-up, and any place used for the custody of persons who are ordered to be detained under any law for the time being in force; (b) " prisoner " means any person committed to custody in a prison on or before the 1st day of August, 1948 under the writ, warrant or order of any Court or authority other than a civil Court or Court-martial, 2* * * * * *. (d) " transferable prisoner " means- (i) in the State of Punjab 1*[as it existed before the 1st November, 1956], any prisoner who, being a Muslim, is willing to be transferred to Pakistan under the provisions of this Act, and --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cl. (c) omitted by the A. O. 1950. 2 Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 (ii) in any other part of India, any prisoner of such category as the Central Government may specify by notification in the Official Gazette who, being a Muslim, is willing to be transferred to Pakistan under the provisions of this Act.