Execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there

Section 18 of the Prisoners Act, 1900 deals with execution in the States of certain capital sentences not ordinarily executable there. Where a [Court established by the authority of the Central Government] exercising, in or with respect to territory beyond the limits of the States, jurisdiction which [the [Central Government]] has in such territory--, (a) has sentenced any person to death, and (b) being of opinion that such sentenc The Act came into force on 02 Feb 1900.

(1) Where a ¹[Court established by the authority of the Central Government] exercising, in or with respect to territory beyond the limits of the States, jurisdiction which ²[the ³[Central Government]] has in such territory--,

(a) has sentenced any person to death, and

(b) being of opinion that such sentence should, by reason of there being in such territory no secure place for the confinement of such person or no suitable appliances for his execution in a decent and humane manner, be executed in the States has issued its warrant for the execution of such sentence to the officer in charge of a prison in the States,

such officer shall, on receipt of the warrant, cause the execution to be carried out at such place as may be prescribed therein in the same manner and subject to the same conditions in all respects as if it were a warrant duly issued under the provisions of section 381 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898).

(2) The prisons of which the officers in charge are to execute sentences under any such warrants as aforesaid ⁴[shall in each State be such as the State Government] may, by general or special order, direct.

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Section 18, The Prisoners Act, 1900 (Act 3 of 1900).