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Power for 13[State Governments] to appoint Superintendents of Presidency prisons. – The State Government may appoint officers who shall have authority to receive and detain prisoners committed to their custody under this part. Explanation. – Any officer so appointed, by whatever designation he may be styled, is hereinafter referred to “as the Superintendent”. 10 Vide Bombay Act 7 of 1949, Sec. 2. 11 Vide Bombay Act 7 of 1949, Sec. 3. 12 Vide Madras Act 11 of 1958, Sec. 2 (w.e.f. 4th September, 1958). 13 Substituted by A.O. 1950, for the words “Provincial Government” (w.e.f. 26th January, 1950).