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The Prisoners Act

2Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--

(a) "Court" includes a Coroner and any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction; and

(b) "prison" includes any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.

1[(c) "States" means the territories to which this Act extends.]

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1. N.E.P.A. by Reg. 3 of 1960, s. 3 and the Schedule. The Act has been extended to--

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