Lawfulness of taking open custody or escape

It shall be lawful for any person to whom a warrant or order under section 3 or under section 5 or section 6 is directed to receive, hold in custody, convey and deliver the transferable or repatriated prisoner, named in the warrant or order as directed therein and if any such prisoner escapes out of any custody to which he may be delivered in pursuance of any warrant, he may be retaken as a person accused or convicted of an offence against the law of the Union Territory of Chandigarh may be retaken an escape.