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Except as otherwise provided by any law currently in force, the State Government may determine the place where any person liable to imprisonment or commitment under this Code shall be confined.
If a person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code is held in a civil jail, the Court of Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or commitment may direct that the person be transferred to a criminal jail.
When a person is transferred to a criminal jail under Sub-Section (2), they shall, upon release, be sent back to the civil jail unless:

1. Three years have passed since their transfer to the criminal jail, in which case they shall be deemed to have been released from the civil jail under Section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or Section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), as applicable.
2. The Court that ordered their imprisonment in the civil jail certifies to the officer in charge of the criminal jail that the person is entitled to be released under Section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or Section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), as applicable.