Temporary accommodation for prisoners

Whenever it appears to the Inspector General that:- (a) the number of prisoners in any prison is greater than can conveniently or safely be kept therein and it is not convenient to transfer the excess number to some other prison. (b) from the outbreak of epidemic disease within any prison or for any other reason, it is desirable to provide for the temporary shelter and safe custody of any prisoner; Provision shall be made, by such officer and in such manner as the Government may direct, for the shelter and safe custody in temporary prisons, of so many of the prisoners as cannot conveniently or safely be kept in the prison.