(1)Where a person is committed to prison under a sentence of death or imprisonment and the copy of judgment to be furnished to him free of cost under section 363 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) is sent by the sentencing Court to the Superintendent of the prison for delivery to the person sentenced, the Superintendent shall immediately cause it to be delivered to such person and obtain written acknowledgement thereof from him.
