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(1) The power to classify a prisoner or a detenue as a Division I prisoner or political prisoner or a detenue as a political detenue initially shall lie with the court to which such prisoner is produced or the authority which remands of detenue to a correctional home. Such prisoner or detenue shall also be entitled to apply for such classification. If such court or authority refuses to make the classification, a petition shall lie in case of a prisoner other than detenue before the Sessions Judge to whom the court of the first instance is subordinate. In the case of a detenue, such petition shall lie before the Sessions Judge of the district of his residence. (2) Pending classification of a prisoner by a competent court or authority, the Inspector General of Correctional Services may after considering the relevant criteria, classify a prisoner temporarily as Division I prisoner or a political prisoner or a political detenue.