Section 417 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973
417. Power to appoint place of imprisonment.
(1) Except when otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force the State Government may direct In what place any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code shall be confined.
(2) If any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code is in confinement in a civil jail the Court or Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or committal may direct that the person be removed to a criminal jail.
(3) When a person is removed to a criminal jail under sub- section (2) he shall on being released therefrom be sent back to the civil jail unless either-
(a) three years have elapsed since he was removed to the criminal jail in Which case he shall be deemed to have been released from the civil jail under section 58 of the Code of Civil Pro-cedure 1908 (5 of 1908 ) or section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act 1920 (5 of 1920 ) as the case may be or
(b) the Court which ordered his imprisonment in the civil jail has certified to the officer in charge of the criminal jail that he is entitled to be released under section 58 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (5 of 1908 ) or under section 23 of the Provincial Insolvency Act 1920 (5 of 1920 ) as the case may be.