Section 5: Removal of prisoners

(1) The Comptroller-General or, if so authorised in writing by the Comptroller-General, any Assistant Director of the Nigerian Prisons Service, may by order under his hand direct that any person in prison under the sentence of a court for an offence committed by him shall be removed from the prison in which he is confined to another prison; and where a person is removed to a prison other than that named in the warrant or order together with the order of removal (which may be endorsed on or separate from the warrant or order), shall be sufficient authority-
(a) for the removal of the prisoner to the prison named in the order of removal and his detention there; and
(b) for the carrying out of the sentence described in the warrant or order, or for any part of the sentence which remains unexecuted.
(2) Where it appears to the Comptroller-General-
(a) that the number of prisoners in a prison is greater than can conveniently be kept there and that it is not convenient to transfer the excess number of prisoners to another prison; or
(b) that by reason of the outbreak within the prison of disease or for any other reason it is desirable to provide for the temporary shelter and safe custody of any prisoners, the Comptroller-General may by order under his hand direct that so many of the prisoners as may be indicated in the order shall be kept and detained in a building or place which is outside the prison and is specified in the order; and that building or place shall be deemed to form part of the prison for the purpose of this Act until the order is cancelled.