Bringing of certain classes of prisoners before the court for delivery

(1) The keeper of each of the prisons shall, before the end of every sitting of the court held in the district in which the prison is situate, deliver in open court to the presiding judge a correct list of all persons in his custody upon any criminal charge who have not then been tried, or upon whom sentence has not then been passed, or who have been committed in default of sureties to keep the peace or otherwise, distinguishing as accurately as may be their names, ages and sexes, with the dates of their respective commitments and the authority under which they were respectively committed. Bringing of cer- tain classes of the court for de- livery. (2) The keeper, on the days and at the times of the sitting, and in the numbers directed by the court shall, if so required, bring and produce in open court all the persons so in his custody as aforesaid. (3) In this section, “district” means a district appointed under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act for the holding of sittings of CAP. 91.