permits of a more liberal scale, be provided with diet prescribed for ordinary prisoners. Their food shall be prepared in the prison cook house and cooked and served by prisoner cooks. (ii) Civil prisoners admitted into prison under Rule 98, in Order XXI of the First Schedule of the Code of Civil Procedure for resisting or obstructing the execution of a decree shall be provided with non-labouring prison diet at the expense of the State. (iii) Civil prisoners who are not provided with prison diet may be permitted to cook their own food at a place provided for the purpose. Cooking utensils. Rule406. Civil prisoners not provided with prison diet, shall be permitted to use their own cooking utensils. Subsistence allowance. Rule407. The Government may fix graduated scales of monthly allowances payable for the subsistence of civil prisoners according to their status. Supply of food to civil prisoners when subsistence allowance is provided. Rule408. (i) Every civil prisoner for whom a subsistence allowance is provided may be supplied with food, clothing, bedding and other necessaries by his friends, at such hours as the Superintendent may, from time to time fix. When any civil prisoner is supplied with food, clothing and necessaries by his friends subsistence allowance shall be made over to the prisoner. (ii) When any such prisoner is not supplied with food by his friends, the Deputy Superintendent shall supply him with food according to the prisoner's choice, provided the daily cost does not exceed the daily subsistence allowance fixed for such prisoners. If the daily cost of food is less than the sum allowed, the balance shall be made over to the prisoner. Articles to be delivered to the Deputy Superintendent and to be examined. Rule409. Articles supplied for the use of any civil prisoner shall be delivered to the Deputy Superintendent or other officer appointed by the Superintendent. Such articles 146