“prison”

The Prisons Act, 1894 · s. 3

(1) "prison" means any jail or place used permanently or temporarily under the general or special orders of a State Government for the detention of prisoners, and includes all lands and buildings appurtenant thereto, but does not include— - (a) any place for the confinement of prisoners who are exclusively in the custody of the police; - (b) any place specially appointed by the State Government under section 541 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882; or - (c) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail: - (2) "criminal prisoner" means any prisoner duly committed to custody under the writ, warrant or order of any Court or authority exercising criminal jurisdiction, or by order of a Courtmartial: - (3) "convicted criminal prisoner" means any criminal prisoner under sentence of a Court or Court-martial, and includes a per…