Detention in and release from prison

(1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a certificate may be so detained— (a) where the certificate is for a demand of an amount exceeding one thousand rupees—for a period of three months, and (b) in any orther case—for a period of six weeks : Provided that he shall be released from such detention— (i) on the amount mentioned in the warrant for his detention, being paid to the officer in charge of the prison; or (ii) on the certificate being otherwise fully satisfied or cancelled; or (iii) on the request of the person (if any) on whose requisition the certificate was filed or of the Deputy Commissioner; or (iv) on the omission by the person (if any) on whose requisition the certificate was filed to pay the subsistence allowance fixed by the Certificate-officer. Provided further that he shall not be released from such detention under clause (ii) or clause (iii) without the order of the Certificate-officer. (2) A certificate-debtor released from detention under this section shall not, merely by reason of his release, be discharged from his debt; but he shall not be liable to be re-arrested under the certificate in execution of which he was detained in the civil prison.