Prisoners Act, 1900 · Chapter III: Prisoners in the Presidency-Towns
Section 8: Delivery of persons sentenced to transportation by High Court
Where any person is sentenced by the High Court in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction to transportation *** the Court shall cause him to be delivered for intermediate custody to the Superintendent, and the transportation *** of such person shall be deemed to commence from such delivery.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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