shall not ordinarily be transferred from the prison to whom they were in the first instance committed until the result of the appeal is known or if appeal is not preferred, time for appealing has elapsed. (ii) Prisoners confined in default of furnishing security or of payment of fines shall, not also be ordinarily transferred. Transfer of old, infirm and sick prisoners Rule162. (i) Informs and prisoners over sixty years of age shall not be transferred without the special sanction of the Inspector General. (ii) Sick prisoners shall not be transferred till they are fit to travel. In case their transfer is necessary for any reason, application for special sanction must be accompanied by a brief medical history of the case and the ground for desiring the transfer. Medical examination of prisoners, before transfer Rule163. Every prisoner shall be medically examined before transfer and unless certified fit to undertake the journey, shall not be removed from the prison. Prisoners not to be transferred when epidemic prevail. Rule164. (i) No prisoner shall be transferred without the special sanction of the Inspector General from one prison to another when there is an outbreak of epidemic in either the transferring or the receiving prison and for two weeks alter the prisons have been declared free from infection. Special precautions shall be taken to guard against infection when a transfer has to be made along a route where any infection is known to prevail. (ii) On the outbreak of an epidemic in a prison, the Superintendent shall immediately inform the Inspector General who shall stop all transfer to and from that prison until the prison has been declared free from infection. Descriptive roll to be submitted Rule165. When applying for the transfer, of a prisoner to another prison, his descriptive roll shall be submitted to the Inspector General giving reasons for desiring the transfer. The roll shall, however, also be submitted in cases where transfer has been effected in anticipation of sanction. Documents to be sent with a prisoner on transfer Rule166. The following documents shall be sent with each prisoner on transfer: — (a) Warrant or warrants. (b) Remission sheet. 62