Section 38
Return to prison
ActIn forceProvision 39 of 103
Section 38
(1)
Where a prisoner removed to a hospital under section 37 is, in the opinion of the medical officer of the hospital, no longer necessary for the prisoner to remain at the hospital, the medical officer shall transmit a certificate stating that fact to the Officer in
Charge of the prison from where the prisoner was removed.
(2)
On receipt of the certificate referred to in subsection (1), the
Officer in Charge shall cause the prisoner to be brought back to the prison, if he is still liable to be confined in the prison.