Section 29. Removal of prisoners.
1 [29. Removal of prisoners.—(1) The 2 [State Government] may, by general or special order. provide for the removal of any prisoner confined in a prison—
(a) under sentence of death, or
(b) under, or in lieu of, a sentence of imprisonment or transportation, or
(c) in default of payment of a fine, or
(d) in default of giving security for keeping the peace or for maintaining good behavior, to any other prison in 3 [the State 4 ***].
(2) 5 [Subject to the orders, and under the control, of the State Government] the Inspector-General of Prisons may, in like manner, provide for the removal of any prisoner confined as aforesaid in a prison in the State to any other prison in the State 6 .]
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