law: The Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003
  2. Definitions.-
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,-
  a.  
  
    "contracting
  
  State" means a Government of any country or place outside India in respect
  
  of which arrangement has been made by the Central Government with the
  
  Government of such country or place through a treaty or otherwise for transfer
  
  of prisoners from India to such country or place and vice versa and includes
  
  any other Government of such country or place specified by the Central
  
  Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 3;
  b.  
  
    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  c.  
  
    "prisoner"
  
  means a person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment under an order passed by a
  
  criminal court including the courts established under the law for the time
  
  being in force in contracting States;
  d.  
  
    "warrant"
  
  means a warrant issued under sub-section (1) of section 7 or sub-section (2) of
  
  section 12, as the case may be;
  e.  
  
    words
  
  and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) have the meanings respectively assigned to them in
  
  that Code.