289. With regard to sentences passed by courts other than the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court the following provisions shall take effect:-
| (a) where the accused is sentenced to imprisonment the' court passing the sentence shall forthwith make out a warrant signed by the Judge or his colleague or his successor in office and dated of the day when the sentence was passed ; |
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| (b) every such warrant shall be in the prescribed form and shall be addressed to the superintendent of any prison and the provisions of section 290 shall apply to every such warrant. |
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