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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (a) “prison” includes a central, district or subsidiary jail or judicial lock-up, and every place which is used as a place of detention for persons who have been arrested or detained under any law for the time being in force ; (b) “prisoner” includes every person who is detained in a prison by order of a competent authority not being a Civil Court ; (c) “repatriated prisoner” means a prisoner who being in custody in a prison or other place of detention in Pakistan has been conveyed and delivered by a duly authorised officer to any officer of this Province.