(3) A person sentenced under this Ordinance to imprisonment or detention may, until he reaches
the prison or detention barracks in which he is to undergo his sentence, be kept in naval custody or in
civil custody, or partly in one description of custody and partly in the other, and may, by order of such
officer as may be prescribed, from time to time, be trans ferred from one to the other, as occasion may
require.
146. Authority for committal and transfer of prisoners. A warrant issued in accordance with
the provisions of section 143 or section 144, or an order of the prescribed officer for the transfer of a
person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment or detention from one description of custody to
another, shall be sufficient authority for committing the person concerned to prison, detention barrack
or naval custody or, as the case may be, for transferring him from one description of custody to the
other.
147. Conveying of prisoners from place to place. A person under sentence of 1[stoning to
death, death, amputation of hand, foot or both, imprisonment, detention or whipping] may, while he is
being conveyed from one place to another, or when on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle be
subjected to such restraint as is necessary for his safe conduct and removal.
148. Communication of certain orders to prison officers.__(1) When ever an order is duly
made under this Ordinance setting aside or varying any sentence, order or warrant under which any
person is confined in a civil, military, naval or air force prison or detained in a military, naval or air
force detention barracks a warrant in accordance with such order shall be forwarded by the
prescribed officer to the officerincharge of the prison or detention barracks in which such person is
confined.
(2) Any such warrant shall be sufficient authority for the execution of the orders contained
therein.
149. Establishment and regulation of naval prisons or detention barracks. The 2[Federal
Government] may set apart any building or part of a building, or anyplace under its control, as a naval
prison or detention barracks for the confinement of persons sentenced to 1[stoning to death, death,
amputation of hand, foot or both, imprisonnment, detention or whipping] under this Ordinance.
150. Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners. The 2[Federal Government]
may make rules providing:__
(a) for the government, management and regulation of naval prisons and detention barracks ;
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (37 of 1984), ss. 25 and 26, for “imprisonment or detention”.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
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