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34. All officers shall, without delay, inform the Gaoler of any prisoner who desires to see him, or to make any complaint, or to prefer any request to him or to any superior authority, or who desires to see the Medical Officer.

35. No officer shall leave his post except by permission or until relieved.

36. Subordinate officers shall not be permitted to receive visitors within the prison, except by permission of the Gaoler duly noted in his journal.

37. No private person (including the members of officers’ families) shall have access to an officer on duty.

38. All officers shall attend such drills and shooting exercises as may be ordered by the Inspector, and shall be expected to acquire proficiency therein.

39. In all cases of emergency and in unforeseen circumstances, officers are expected to act with discretion, promptitude, and intelligence.

40. No officer shall communicate beyond the prison occurrences that may take place therein, nor shall he, except in the performance of his official duties, in any way disclose the identity of discharged prisoners.

41. No officer shall use tobacco or fermented or spirituous liquors within the prison, except under such restrictions as to time and place as may be specified by the Gaoler and approved by the Inspector.

42. Officers shall report any breach of the regulations or orders, or any irregularity that may occur. Such reports must be in writing and submitted to the Gaoler within twenty-four hours after the occasion of such breach or irregularity. Unless the matter is within his own authority, the Gaoler shall immediately forward the report to the Under-Secretary.

43. An officer shall not fail on any pretence whatever, through favour or mistaken notions of kindness, to make an immediate report to the Gaoler, or officer in charge, of any misconduct or wilful disobedience of orders.

44. Any misconduct of officers is to be recorded by the Gaoler, and brought under the notice of a Visiting Justice or the Inspector without delay; and in all investigations into the conduct of officers by the Visiting Justice or the Inspector the evidence is to be taken down in writing and signed by the persons giving such evidence.

45. For each officer there shall be a defaulters sheet, on which shall be recorded all instances wherein he may have been punished or reprimanded for misconduct.

46. Officers permitting their official conduct to be influenced by sectarian feelings shall, on sufficient evidence thereof, be forthwith dismissed from the service.

47. Any proceeding on the part of officers in the nature of or tending to a combination for any object connected with their duties or position, or with charges against a superior, taken without the knowledge and sanction of the officer in charge, is strictly forbidden. But the officer in charge will forward any representation made in writing, and duly signed by the officers, or any of them, respecting their duties or position, to the Under-Secretary.

48. For unfitness, disobedience, failure in duty, neglect, breach of regulations or orders or permitting the breach thereof, or for any sufficient misconduct, officers shall be subject to such penalties and punishments by way of fine, stoppage of pay, or suspension as the Inspector may direct, subject to the confirmation of the Minister.

49. Every officer who is suspended from duty for misconduct shall immediately give up his keys, and quit the prison, but shall afterwards, until otherwise directed, attend daily at the prison at such hour as the Gaoler may appoint.

50. Any officer desiring to appeal against any decision which affects him, or wishing to bring any matter before superior authority, shall, without unnecessary delay, state his complaint in writing to the Gaoler, who shall forthwith forward the same for the consideration of the Under-Secretary.

51. Officers are warned against making frivolous or vexatious complaints, or allowing private differences to interfere with the working of the institution. An officer will be held strictly responsible for establishing any charge that he may prefer.

52. Officers communicating with the head of the Department must forward their communications through the officer in charge of the prison.

53. An officer leaving the service under circumstances other than dismissal shall, on application, be entitled to receive from the Inspector a certificate as to his services, character, and cause of retirement.

54. The control of the prison, or of a particular post or body of officers, devolves upon the superior or senior officer present, unless otherwise directed, and he shall be held responsible therefor.

55. No ingress or egress shall be allowed into or out of the prison between the hours of 10 o’clock p.m. and 5 o’clock a.m., except to the Gaoler, or in such special cases as shall be entered in the Gaoler’s journal.

The Gaoler.

56. The Gaoler is charged with the control and management of the prison; with the order, discipline, and regularity of the institution; with the safe custody of the prisoners, journals, registers, books, warrants, and other documents; with all the Government property confided to his care. All such journals and other documents must be produced for inspection by the Inspector at each of his visits.

57. He shall strictly conform to the provisions of the said Act and of these regulations, and carry out the orders issued for his instruction. He shall also be held responsible for the due observance of the said Act and regulations by other persons under his control.

58. He shall reside in the house assigned to him, and shall not be absent therefrom by night without the permission of the Under-Secretary or a Visiting Justice.

59. He shall not be concerned in any business or employment other than the duties of his office, without the sanction of the Minister.