Removal of transferable prisoners

(1) The Central Government may issue a warrant addressed to the officer in charge of any prison to deliver any transferable prisoner confined therein, along with all the records relating to such prisoner and the personal effects taken from him at the time of his admission to a prison to the person authorised in that behalf in the aforesaid warrant. (2) The officer in charge of the prison shall forthwith comply with the warrant issued under sub-section (1), and the person to whom delivery of the prisoner and any record or article is made shall furnish to such officer in charge a written receipt in respect of such delivery. (3) The person taking such delivery shall deliver the transferable prisoner and any records or article relating to that prisoner at such place as the Central Government may specify, and to such official of the Government of Pakistan or of the Government of Punjab in Pakistan, as the Central Government may by general or special order and either by name of designation provide; and thereupon all Courts, Tribunals or authorities whatsoever in Union territory of Chandigarh shall cease to have jurisdiction in relation to such prisoner in respect of the offence or other matter which was the cause of his confinement or detention in Union Territory of Chandigarh. (4) The Central Government may requisition the record of any proceedings (including judicial proceedings) in relation to a prisoner transferred under sub-section (3) from any Court or office where such record may be, and such record shall be sent to any official or other authority, of the Government of Punjab in Pakistan or of the Government of Pakistan.