Section 7: Custody and removal of repatriated prisoners — Pakistan (Exchange of Prisoners) Ordinance, 1948

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7. Custody and removal of repatriated prisoners.___(1) The Provincial Government or any District Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate or Sub‑Divisional Magistrate specially authorised in this behalf by the Provincial Government may issue warrants for the custody and removal of repatriated prisoners. (2) A warrant under sub‑section (1) may be directed to an official, by name or designation of office, and shall specify the place at which custody of the repatriated prisoner, together with any property and documents which may have been sent along with him, shall be received, and the prison to which he is to be removed.

Effective date: 1948-01-01

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Section 6: Examination of witnesses on commission Section 8: Delivery of repatriated prisoner at prison. Upon presentation of a warrant issued under Section 5: Avoidance of jurisdiction of Courts and authorities over transferable prisoners Section 9: Missing warrant to be reconstructed Section 4: Officer-in-Charge of prison or place of detention to deliver custody of transferable Section 10: High Court’s jurisdiction. The High Court shall have, in relation to a repatriated prisoner,

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