Procedure on order of detention of sentence of imprisonment.

Miscellaneous

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), when a person has been ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution under section 5 or section 6 or section 9, the Court which ordered the detention shall forthwith forward him to the nearest Receiving Centre with a copy of the order of detention and the person shall thereupon be handed over into the custody of the Superintendent or In-charge of the Receiving Centre and shall be detained in the Receiving Centre until he is sent therefrom to a Certified Institution.
2. (2) When any such person has also been sentenced to imprisonment, the Court passing the sentence of imprisonment shall forthwith forward a warrant to a jail in which he is to be confined and shall forward him to such Jail with the warrant together with a copy of the order of detention and after the sentence of imprisonment is fully executed, the Officer executing it shall, if detention in a Certified Institution, for any period remains to be undergone by such person, forward him forthwith together with the copy of the order of detention to the nearest Receiving Centre, and thereupon the provisions, of sub-section (1) shall, as far as may be, apply.
3. (3) In computing the period for which a person is ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution, there shall be included the period for which he is detained in a Receiving Centre under this section.