Centre allows transfer of prisoners between Chandigarh, other states

The Centre has extended the Punjab Police and Correctional Services Act, 2006, to the Union Territory of Chandigarh, introducing provisions for the transfer of prisoners between states and Union territories and changes to the functioning of the prison administration. The notification, issued under Section 87 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, extends the Punjab legislation to the Union Territory of Chandigarh with certain modifications, according to a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry on Friday. The amended provisions deal with the transfer of prisoners between Chandigarh and other states or Union territories. Under the provisions, prisoners serving sentences in Chandigarh, including life imprisonment, may be transferred to prisons in another state or Union territory with the consent of the government concerned and an order issued by the Chandigarh administrator. The amendments also provide for the transfer of undertrial prisoners in the interest of Chandigarh's .