Section 4. It shall be lawful for the Government of Bengal to appoint an Officer

4. It shall be lawful for the Government of Bengal to appoint an Officer of Ren-[who shall be called the Superintendent of the Presidency ] Jail, and who shall have authority to receive and .keep prisoners committed to his custody under the provisioris of this Act. Gover~l~nent of Rengal lnay appoint Superintendent of Presidency Jail. intendent of Presidency 5.[TVhenever any person shall be sentenced by the I-Iigh ] the Presi- person to be delivered to tlie Superintendent of the Presidency Jail, together with the warrant of the said Court, and such shall be executed by the said Superintendent and returned by him to intendent of the Presi- person to be delivered to tlie Superintendent of the Presidency dewy Jail. 6, 75Thenever any person shall be sentenced by the High Court in the exercise of its original Criminal jurisdiction to transportation by Court to trans- ~~ h or penal ssevitu&e, the Court shall cause such person to be to be delivered delivered for intermedi~~te custody to thesaid Superintendent, 'usto. aiid the imprisoilnlent of such person sllall have efYect from to Superintendent. such delivery. Persons sentenced by ~ i Court to trans- ~~ h portation or penal servitndl., to be delivered for intern'ediate 'ustody to Superintendent. 7. Whenever any persoil shall be sentenced by a Magistrate of Police tendent together wit11 a warrant of the Court. `8.`[The said Superintendent shall deta,in- the person so ] clelivered to liiln according to the exigency of such warrant, and shall return such warrant when executed to the Court whence it issued. Superintendent to det,ain wch persolls according to exi@ncy of warrant, and, to leturn $sine when executed. warrant, and, to leturn and shall return such warrant when executed to the Court 9. Persons comn~itted by a Justice of the Peace or M.agistrate for trial by the Big11 Court in the exercise of its original Criminal jurisdiction, shall. be delivered to the said Superintendent together with a warrant of commitment, . ' 1 111 ' `10.`[E~rery person ai~ested in pursuance of ][a, ][warrant or ordey of the Eigh ] Persons arrested in Conl*t, in tho p ~ ~ l -nf ~ ;fa i p m-io.in~1 ~ Civil iurisdiction, or in ent. dedts aq2c.Z deuzulzds in Calcutta, n/iadf*as ulzd Botwbcry), shall be clelivered by the proper Officer of the Court executing such warrant, together mith a copy of such warr,l;nt, to the said Superintendent; and the Officer executing such warrant shall thenceforward be absolved from responsibility for the custody of the peYsoil so delivered. 11. The said Superintendent shall detain the person delivered to him by Superintendent to 'the Officer of the Court in manner aforesaid, according to detain such persons accordiug t~ exigency of the exigency of the warrant, and return the same to the said warrant. shall have been complied with. tendent. - t;r~i,~.. shsll he c,onsidered t,o he and shall remain in t,he custodyof the said Superintendent according to the terms of the warrants under which they slrall have boon respectively committed to custody. tendent. - I 13. Any wallrant of commitment under Regulation 111, 1813, of the Act XXXIV of 1850 ( for the better ~uatocly of State P?.isoners) and Act 111 of 1858 ( t o m e n d flze Lauj relccting to the c6?"rest and detentiou of &'tate P~isolzers) .