256 (1) Every warden
, governor, jailer, commanding officer, commandant or other keeper of a penitentiary, civil prison, service
prison or detention barrack shall take cognizance of any warrant of committal purporting to be signed by a committing authority referred to in section 219 or 220, shall receive and detain, according to the exigency o
f that warrant, the person referred to therein and delivered into the custody of that warden
, governor ...[+++], jailer, commanding officer, commandant or other keeper, as the case may be, and shall confine that person until discharged or delivered over in due course of law.