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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 398] [Entire Act]

State of Punjab - Subsection

Section 398(1) in Punjab Jail Manual, 1996

(1)Police-registered prisoners are divided into two classes. The first class consists of prisoners who shall, two months before release "or a fortnight, as the case requires" be transferred to the jail of the district in which their respective homes are situated. This class will be distinguished in the admission and release diaries as P.R./T. prisoners. The letters 'P.R.', indicating that the prisoner is "Police-registered", and the letter 'T' that he is to be transferred two months prior to his release to the district noted on the slip as his native district :Provided there is a Central or District Jail located there otherwise a fortnight prior to his release if there is only a sub-jail. The second class is comprised of prisoners who shall not be so transferred, but shall be released from the jails in which they are confined at the time of the expiry of their sentence. This class shall be shown in the admission register and release diary as P.R. (Police-registered) prisoners. When intimation respecting a prisoner's police registration is received after the name has been entered in the registers above-named, the letters P.R./T as the case may be shall be added in red ink, the P.R. form being attached to the warrant of the prisoner to whom it appertains. On the death or escape of a prisoner of P.R. class, the P.R. form attached to his warrant shall be at once returned to the Superintendent of Police of the district in which he was sentenced, with an endorsement showing the date of his death or escape. All other slips of P.R. class prisoners shall be sent to the Superintendent of police of the district in which prisoner's home is situated.