Mohamed Morsi will be sent to Borg Al-Arab prison on the outskirts of the city of Alexandria in the north of the country, according to Egypt state TV.
The rest of Morsi's co-defendant's in the trial for inciting violence and murder of opponents in December 2012 will return to Tora prison in south Cairo.
Morsi's trial was adjourned on Monday to 8 January 2014.
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