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(1) The Superintendent, the Medical Officer of the prison, the District Magistrate or an Executive Magistrate deputed by him, and a Judicial Magistrate deputed by the District and Sessions Judge are to be present when execution is being carried out. (2) When a condemned prisoner is transferred from one prison to another, the Superintendents of the receiving and dispatching prisons shall report the fact to the respective District Magistrates. Persons who may witness execution.