CHAPTER-19 Convict Officers [Warder] Convict officers are public servants. Rule456. Prisoners who have been appointed as officers of prisons shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Pakistan Penal Code (Section 23 of Prisons Act, 1894.) Three grades of convict officers. Rule457. There shall be three grades of convict officers, namely numberdar, moqaddam and shinposh. Appointments to be made by the Superintendent. Rule458. All appointments to the position of numberdar, moqaddam and shinposh respectively shall be made by the Superintendent. Provided that no prisoner, who does not possess the necessary qualifications, shall at any time be so appointed without the previous sanction of the Inspector General. Qualification for appointment to the position of convict officer. Rule459. A literate prisoner with a minimum height of 1 M.— 67 Cm and normal vision in both eyes and who is physically and mentally fit to perform the duties of a numberdar, moqaddam or shinposh, respectively, shall be eligible for appointment to any such office, provided he possesses the following further qualifications, in respect of each such office, namely :(i) For a numberdar, that— (a) He is a prisoner of the casual class; save in the case of prisons reserved for habitual prisoners, where prisoners of the habitual class shall be eligible for appointment; provided that no habitual prisoner with more than two previous convictions shall be appointed as numberdar in the habitual barracks; (b) his substantive term of imprisonment is not less than six months; (c) he has completed one-third of his sentence including remission; (d) he is well-behaved and an industrious prisoner; (e) he has, at the time of his appointment, earned at least three-fourth of the remission which it was possible for him to obtain; (f) he has not been convicted of the following sections of the Pakistan Penal Code:159