section 27
Removal and Discharge of prisoners
The Andhra Pradesh Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2026Criminal202683 sections25 chapters
Chapter VII ADMISSION, TRANSFER AND DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS
Statutory text
- (1) No Prisoner shall be removed from one prison to another unless the Medical Officer certifies that the prisoner is free from any illness rendering him unfit for removal.
- (2) No prisoner shall be discharged against his will from prison, if labouring from any acute or dangerous distemper, nor until, in the opinion of the Medical Officer, such discharge is safe.
- (3) Officer-in-Charge may act as per section 304 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 regarding prisoner whose release orders have been received in local cases and against whom a production warrant from an outside court has been received by the Officer- in-Charge.
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