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Match Box/Lighter
Yogurt (Dehi)
Shoes/Chappal
2 pairs]
A tin container of four gallon capacity may also be allowed
for keeping articles of personal use.
(ii) Women prisoners may be allowed to retain in
moderation, certain ornaments of. small value but not made of
gold or silver such as a ring, nose nail and bangles. Superintendent
may, however, at his discretion refuse to allow retention of
ornaments in any particular case for disciplinary reasons.
Women prisoners shall be responsible for the safe custody
of such articles, which should be entered in their history tickets
and initialed by the Superintendent.
Treatment of property of prisoners.
Rule76. Prisoners property shall be dealt with in
accordance with the following rules:Articles of a perishable nature or which are likely to
deteriorate by storage or of bulky nature may, with the
consent of the prisoner, either be sold, and the sale
proceeds credited to the prisoner's account or be
handed over to his friends or relatives.
(b)
If a prisoner is suffering from a contagious or an
infectious disease, at the time of his admission, his
clothes shall be destroyed forthwith, and a note
made in the admission register and prisoners
property register.
(c)
Damaged or filthy clothes shall also be destroyed
and the fact recorded in the admission register and
prisoners property register.
(d)
The clothing of every prisoner sentenced to
rigorous imprisonment for two years or more, on
the rejection of his appeal, shall be sold by public
auction, and the proceeds credited to the prisoner's
account, an entry to this effect will also be made in
admission register and prisoners property register
by the Assistant Superintendent.
(e)
The clothing of every prisoner with a sentence of
less than two years, shall be carefully packed, and
kept in the private property godown.
Clothing to be stitched in bundles and labeled
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