PJM 737Chapter XXV · The Transfer of Prisoners

Section 737 · Sanction for transfers outside the Provinc

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(1)

A prisoner who is a member of criminal tribe, or a prisoner who is a Police-registered criminal, not being a native of the province in which he is undergoing sentence, may be removed by order of the Inspector-General of Prisons of the province in which he has been undergoing sentence, at any time not exceeding two months prior to his release, either to the prison of the district to which he belongs or to the prison nearest to his native place. Notice shall in each case be given to the Inspector-General of Prisons of the province to which a prisoner is removed. Provided that if a Local Government appoints any prison or prisons as receiving depots for prisoners removed from other provinces, orders made under this rule shall in each case direct that the prisoners be removed to such prison.

(2)

Any prisoner, whose detention in a prison of the province in which he is undergoing sentence is deemed inexpedient, may be removed with the previous consent of Inspector-General of Prisons of the province to which it is proposed to remove him.

(3)

Any prisoner undergoing sentence in a prison in the Punjab, whose services by reason of his possessing special qualifications or a knowledge of special trades, are required for purpose of prison administration in the North-West Frontier Province, may be removed to any prison in the North-West Frontier Province by order of Inspector-General of Prisons of the Punjab.

(4)

Any European military or ex-military prisoner, undergoing a sentence imposed by a Civil Court; whom it is intended to remove from India, may be removed by order of the Local Government of the province in which he has been undergoing sentence, at any time not exceeding three months prior to his release to a prison at the port from which it is proposed that he should embark.

(5)

A prisoner, other than a European or transportation prisoner about to be deported, who is to be removed from the Punjab to any other part of British India, shall, unless express instructions to the contrary are given by competent authority, be transferred to the jail given against each Presidency Province or Local Administration as follows :-Madras - Bellary District Jail.Assam - (a) Gauhati for prisoners intended for the districts of Goalpora, Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Naga Hills, Khasi and Jainti Hills and Garo Hills.

(b)

Sylhet for those intended for the district of Sylhet, Cachar, the Lushai Hills, and Manipur State.
Burma - Central Jail, Rangoon.North-West Frontier Province - Peshawar District Jail, for prisoners belonging to the Peshawar District including Mardan Sub-Division and the Political Agencies of Khyber, Dir, Swat and Chitral, Dera Ismail Khan Jail for prisoners belonging to the Dera Ismail Khan District and the Political Agency of South Waziristan, Bannu, District Jail for prisoners belonging to the Bannu District and the Political Agency of North Waziristan, Kohat District Jail for prisoners belonging to the Kohat District and the Political Agency of Kurram and Abbottabad Jail for prisoners belonging to the Hazara District.Bengal, Bombay, Central Provinces. United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. The District Jail of the district to which the prisoner belongs, and in case there is no District Jail in such district, to the Jail nearest his home.

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