The Prisoners (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1958

1. (1) This Act may be called the Prisoners (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1994.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
3. (3) It shall come into force at once.

In section 29 of the Prisoners Act, 1900, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: -

1. (a) by the Superintendent, Central Prison, within his jurisdiction,-
   • (i) from a central jail to a district jail or a subsidiary jail; or
   • (ii) from a district jail to a central jail or a subsidiary jail; or
2. (b) by the Inspector-General of Prisons,-
   • (ii) from one district jail to another district jail or a central jail or a subsidiary jail.

For section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "7. Delivery of persons sentenced to imprisonment or death by High Court or Court of Session,- Where any person is sentenced by the High Court or by a Court of Session..."