(a) ' Central Jail ' means any prison in which convicted criminals, under trial prisoners or persons detained under any specific Act/Ordinance/Orders, as the case may be are received/kept for the purpose of undergoing theirsentence or for the purpose of judicial custody and/or detention under any Specific Act/ Ordinance/Orders, as the case may be.
(b) ' District Jail '. All Jails, other than 'Central Jails' and 'Special Jails' shall be deemed to be 'District Jails'.
(c) (1) Administrator may from time to time, in its discretion, declare any jail to be a 'Special Jail' for the purposes of these rules, or establish a Special Jail at any place.
Section 2 • Delhi Classification of Prisons Rules, 1988
2. Three kinds of Jails.
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