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(1) In the case of an escaped prisoner, subsequently arrested in connection with another offence, any period spent on that account in police custody, or as an under-trial prisoner, shall not be reckoned as imprisonment under the original sentence. (2) Necessary entries shall be made in the register of prisoners to be released in place of the original date of release in respect of all such prisoners. (3) When an additional sentence of imprisonment is passed on an escaped convict who has been recaptured, such sentence shall take effect according to the provisions of section 426 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974). When re-trial is ordered.