Section 2 — Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--

(a) "Court" includes a Coroner and any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction; and

(b) "prison" includes any place which has been declared by the State Government, by general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail.

[(c) "States" means the territories to which this Act extends.]