(1) Except when otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force, the State Government may direct in what place any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code shall be confined.
(2) If any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code is in confinement in a civil jail, the Court or Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or committal may direct that the person be removed to a criminal jail.
(3) When a person is removed to a criminal jail under sub-section (2), he shall, on being released therefrom, be sent back to the civil jail, unless either-
(a) three years have elapsed since he was removed to the criminal jail, in which case he shall be deemed to have been released from the civil jail under section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), as the case may be; or
(b) the
Court which ordered his imprisonment in the civil jail has certified to the
officer in charge of the criminal jail that he is entitled to be released under
section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or under section 23
of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), as the case may be.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
411 CrPC Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates
412 CrPC Reasons to be recorded
413 CrPC Execution of order passed under section 368
414 CrPC Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
415 CrPC Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
416 CrPC Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman
417 CrPC Power to appoint place of imprisonment
418 CrPC Execution of sentence of imprisonment