Criminal Procedure Code 149 (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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