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Repeal. – (1) Part IX of the Prisoners Act, 1900 and the First and Second Schedules to the said Act are hereby repealed. (2) If immediately before the commencement of this Act, there is in force in any part B State to which this Act extends any law corresponding to the provisions of this Act, that law shall, in so far as it relates to matter dealt with in this Act, stand repealed on such commencement: Provided that anything done or any action taken under any such law shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act and shall continue to have effect accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. The First Schedule [See sub-section [1] of Section 3] Court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To the officer-in-charge of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [State name of prison] You are hereby required to produce, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., now confined in . . . . . . . . . . . . . under safe and sure conduct before the Court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . at . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of………………… next by . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, there to give evidence in a matter now pending before the said Court, and after the said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . has then and there given his evidence before the said Court or the said Court has dispensed with his further attendance, cause him to be conveyed under safe and sure conduct back to the prison. The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.B. [Countersigned] C.D. The Second Schedule [See sub-section (2) of Section 3] Court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To the officer-in-charge of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [State name of prison] You are hereby required to produce, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., now confined in . . . . . . . . . . . . . under safe and sure conduct before the Court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . at . . . . . . . . . . . ., on the . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . next by . . . . . . . . . . of the clock in the forenoon of the same day, there to answer a charge now pending before the said court, and after such charge has been disposed of or the said Court has dispensed with his further attendance, cause him to be conveyed under safe and sure conduct back to the prison. The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.B. [Countersigned] C.D.