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Union of India - Section

Section 26 in The Prisons Act, 1894

26. Removal and discharge of prisoners.

(1)All prisoners, previously to being removed to any other prison, shall be examined by the Medical Officer.
(2)No prisoner shall be removed from one prison to another unless the Medical Officer certifies that the prisoner is free from any illness rendering him unfit for removal.
(3)No prisoner shall be discharged against his will from prison, if labouring under any acute or dangerous distemper, nor until, in the opinion of the Medical Officer, such discharge is safe.