Criminal Procedure Code
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(f) when a sentence of death is avoided by the escape of
the person sentenced to death, execution of the sentence
shall be carried into effect at such other time after his
recapture as the Court shall order;
(g) no omission or error as to time and place and no defect in
form in any order or warrant given under this section and
no omission to comply with the provisions of paragraph
(e) shall be held to render illegal any execution carried
into effect under the order or warrant, or intended so
to have been carried into effect, or shall render any
execution illegal which would otherwise have been
legal.
Provisions as to execution of sentences of imprisonment
282. With regard to sentences of imprisonment the following
provisions shall be followed:
(a)
where the accused is sentenced to imprisonment the
Court passing the sentence shall immediately forward a
warrant to the prison in which he is to be confined and,
unless the accused is already confined in that prison,
shall forward him in the custody of the police to that
prison with the warrant;
(b)
every warrant for the execution of a sentence of
imprisonment shall be directed to the Officer-in-Charge
of the prison or other place in which the prisoner is or
is to be confined;
(c)
when the prisoner is to be confined in a prison the
warrant shall be lodged with the Officer-in-Charge of the
prison;
(d)
every sentence of imprisonment shall take effect from the
date on which it was passed unless the Court passing
the sentence otherwise directs.
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