# Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 266: Definitions

- Act: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/code-criminal-procedure-1973/section/266/

## Text

In this Chapter,- (a) "detained" includes detained under any law providing for preventive detention; (b) "prison" includes,- (i) any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail; (ii) any reformatory, Borstal institution or institution of a like nature.

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