 bill no  95  of  2010 the repatriation of prisoners (amendment) bill, 2010 a billto amend the repatriation of prisoners act, 2003be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the repatriation of prisoners (amendment) act, 2010short title statement of objects and reasonsthe repatriation of prisoners act, 2003 was enacted to provide for the transfer of certain prisoners from india to a country or place outside india and reception in india of certain prisoners from a country or place outside india the said act came into force on the 1st january, 20042 it is proposed to substitute the words "martial law" appearing in clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 5 of the aforesaid act with the words "military law", as the expression "martial law" is not relevant in the current indian context this expression occurred in the aforesaid act due to oversight at the time of passing of the bill in 2003, which needs to be corrected3 this bill seeks to achieve the above objectp chidambaramnew delhi;the 2nd august, 2010 annexureextract from the repatriation of prisoners act, 2003(49 of 2003)    5(1)    consideration of request by central government(2) on receipt of the information under sub-section (1), if the central government is satisfied that—    (c) the prisoner has not been convicted for an offence under the martial law; and     lok  sabha———— a billto amend the repatriation of prisoners act, 2003————(shri p chidambaram, minister of home affairs)