Section 79 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 79 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Removal of prisoner in case of illness. It provides as follows:

(1) In case of the serious illness of any person imprisoned under this Act the court
may, on the certificate of a medical officer, make an order for the removal of such person to a government hospital, and for his treatment there under custody; the period of such person’s stay in hospital shall be counted as part of his term of imprisonment and his subsistence allowance shall be paid unless the court shall see fit in either case to order otherwise.

(2) The court may order that any hospital charges in excess of the subsistence allowance ordered to be paid shall be borne by the Government or the judgment creditor.