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| (1) Every such warrant as is referred to in section 286, section 287, or section 289 shall be delivered in the prescribed form to an officer of the Prisons Department. Such officer shall upon receipt thereof take charge of the person named therein, and deliver him into the custody of the superintendent of the prison named therein, together with the warrant under the hand of the Judge, and the said warrant shall be full authority for detaining the said person for the purpose, and for carrying him to the prison specified in the warrant. |
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| (2) The said superintendent shall, upon delivery to him as aforesaid of the person named in the warrant, detain him and keep him safely in custody until the sentence has been carried into execution, and shall otherwise comply with the terms of the warrant and with any order lawfully issued to him by any court with respect to such person. |
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| (3) The warrant aforesaid shall be full authority to the superintendent for such detention and custody and for carrying the sentence into execution. |
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| (4) A copy of the warrant under the hand of the Judge shall be filed of record in the case. |
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| (5) Anything in this section shall not affect the provisions of this Code relating to the execution of sentences of whipping. |
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