Army Act : Temporary custody of offender. Indian Bare Acts :

Army Act,1950

Act No : 46

Section : Temporary custody of offender.

170. Temporary custody of offender. Where a sentence of transportation or imprisonment is directed to be undergone in a civil prison the offender may be kept in a military prison or in military custody or in any other fit place, till such time as it is possible send him to a civil prison.