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(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) when a person has Seen 01-dered to be detained in a Ce~zified Instiiution under section 4, seciien 5 0;- sectio~~ 6, the court which ordcrcd the detenrion shall forthwil'n forward him ro the nc'mst Recepiion Cetl~rc with a copy of thc order of detention. The person shall thcrzupon bc handed'over to the custody of the Suprintendcdt ol the Receplion Centre and shall be dctained in the Reception Centre until he is sent [here from to a Certifkd Institution. (2) Whcn any such persor! has also been sentenced'Lo inlprjsonnlerit under sub-section (3) of scclion 5, or section 17; the coui-t passing the scntcnce of irnprisonment shall forthwith forward a wan-ant to a jail in which he is to be confined and shall fonvard him LO such jail with thc warrant tosether wi tll a copy of the order of detention. After the sentcncc of imprisonment is fully executed, the' officer executing it shall, if detention in a Certified Institulion for any period remains to be undergone by such person, forward him forthwith together with a copy of rhc order of detention to the nearest- Reception Centre, and [he-reupon the provisions of sub-section ( 2 ) shall apply. (3) In computing ihe period for which a person is ordered to bc detained in a Cerlificd lnslituiion thew shall be included thc period for which he is detained in a Reception Centre urrder this section.