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In this Act,—
(a) "confinement in a prison"—references to confinement in a prison, by whatever form of words,
include references to confinement or detention in a prison under any law providing for preventive
detention;
(b) "prison" includes—
(i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order,
to be a subsidiary jail; and
(ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or other institution of a like nature;
1[(c) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof.]
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1. Subs. by Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for clause _(c)_ (w.e.f. 1-11-56).
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