already transferred to another prison, shall not be accepted. The
person who tenders the property may be informed of the prison to
which the prisoner has been transferred, in case he wishes to send
the property to him.
Property may be made over to a relative or friend.
Rule82. The Superintendent may, at the request or with the
consent of a prisoner, make over the whole or any part of his
money or other property in prison to any person he may specify
except a prisoner; provided that the Superintendent may withhold
and retain so much of the money or other property of such prisoner
as he may think necessary for providing him with sufficient clothes
and money on release.
Confiscation and disposal of money and prohibited articles in a
prisoner's possession.
Rule83. (i) A prisoner at the time of his admission to prison
on transfer or otherwise shall be warned in the main gate to
surrender, any money or other articles which he may possess. Any
cash or other articles voluntarily surrendered shall be deposited in
his cash account or kept with his property.
(ii) Any money or other prohibited articles, found in a
prisoner's possession after admission to the prison shall be
confiscated. The Superintendent may award a portion of the money
recovered on search to the prison who discovers it, on the following
scale:UptoRs.100
.
50%
Rs.101 toRs.200
40%
Rs.201 to Rs.500
33 1/3%
Above Rs.500
25%
Full amount so recovered should be entered in the cash
book. After disbursement of the award to the finder, the balance of
such confiscated money shall be deposited in the treasury under
head "XXII-Jails and convict settlement-A-Jails-Misellaneous".
(iii) The Superintendent shall cause to be destroyed all
prohibited articles such as poisonous or intoxicating substances,
knives and other weapons of assault, etc., of minor value found
with a prisoner. Valuable articles shall be sold by public auction
and the sale proceeds deposited in the local treasury.
Prisoners may be allowed to issue cheques.
Rule84. Cheques may be issued by the prisoners while
confined in prison on the following conditions:(a)
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A cheque for not more than 5000 rupees will be