Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 459: Direction of warrant for execution

Chapter XXXIV — Execution, Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences

459. Every warrant for the execution of a sentence of imprisonment shall be directed to the officer in charge of the jail or other place in which the prisoner is, or is to be, confined.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).