Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Prisoners in the following cases may, with the sanction of the Director General, be transferred from one prison to another within the State, namely: - (a) prisoners sentenced to a longer term of imprisonment than what the prisons to which they are committed, are authorized to detain; (b) prisoners whose transfer is necessary to prevent or relieve overcrowding; (c) young offender and female prisoners; (d) prisoner with special qualifications or skills, when their services are required elsewhere; (e) prisoners with influence in the district in which they are confined or who are of violent or dangerous character; (f) for custody and treatment in a suitable institution on medical grounds or otherwise; (g) or attendance in a court for trial or giving evidence; (h) on compensatory grounds in the interest of their rehabilitation; (i) any prisoner whose transfer in the opinion of the Director General is essential for better administration of the prison, discipline or security of the prison or prisoner(s). Transfer of prisoners to or from other states.