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Procedure on order of detention of sentence of imprisonment.— (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), when a person has been ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution under section 5 or section 6 or section 9, the Court which ordered the detention shall forthwith forward him to the nearest Receiving Centre with a copy of the order of detention and the person shall thereupon be handed over into the custody of the Superintendent or In-charge of the Receiving Centre and shall be detained in the Receiving Centre until he is sent therefrom to a Certified Institution. (2) When any such person has also been sentenced to imprisonment, the Court passing the sentence of imprisonment shall forthwith forward a warrant to a jail in which he is to be confined and shall forward him to such Jail with the warrant together with a copy of the order of detention and after the sentence of imprisonment is fully executed, the Officer executing it shall, if detention in a Certified Institution, for any period remains to be undergone by such person, --9-- forward him forthwith together with the copy of the order of detention to the nearest Receiving Centre, and thereupon the provisions, of sub-section (1) shall, as far as may be, apply. (3) In computing the period for which a person is ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution, there shall be included the period for which he is detained in a Receiving Centre under this section.