In force · As amended up to 2026-08
170. Temporary custody of offender .—Where a sentence of transportation or imprisonment is directed to be undergone in a civil prison the offender may be kept in a military prison or in military custody or in any other fit place, till such time as it is possible to send him to a civil prison.
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Sch., for "the Commander-in-Chief ".
2. Ins. by Act 37 of 1992, s.17.
Source: India Code