S.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[***].
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        1. Words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by 25 of 1968, sec. 2 (w.e.f. 15-8-1968).

S.2 Definitions

       In this Act,—
       (a) "court" includes any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction;
       1[(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.
        
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        1. Subs. by the A.O. (No. 3) 1956, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).

S.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.
       (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

S.4 Amendment of section 29 of Act III of 1900

       [Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (36 of 1957), sec. 2 and Sch. I (w.e.f. 17-9-1957).]