Consultant /adviser on prison transfer from usa to india
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 22 July 2023
This query is : Resolved
Looking for a Lawyer / consultant for the same having knowledge/experience of Prison Transfer between USA &India ( as per the Bilateral Treaty ) and having contacts in MHA/MEA
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 24 July 2023
Repatriation of prisoners act, 2003 was established by Government of India to help the foreign prisoners imprisoned in a jail in India or vice versa transferred to their native countries to serve the remaining part of their sentence near to their families so that to help them in social rehabilitation.
It also enables the transfer of prisoners of Indian origin convicted by a foreign court to serve their sentence in India.
As per section 4 of the act:
Any prisoner who is a citizen of a contracting State may make an application to the Central Government for transfer of his custody from India to that contracting State:
SEction 5(1) On receipt of the application under section 4, the Central Government shall direct the officer in charge of the prison, where the prisoner is confined, to furnish such information which in the opinion of that Government is relevant for the purpose of transfer.
all the details are available in the above referred act, you may go through the lengthy process mentioned therein
