Prisons Act, 1894, under which they may be sentenced to imprisonment which may extend to one year. Explanation.—A hunger striker shall not be prosecuted under the Prisons Act without the previous sanction on the InspectorGeneral. (ii) The warning must be administered to the prisoner by the Superintendent himself and this shall be recorded on his history ticket. Action on the occurrence of hunger strike: Rule 685. When one or more prisoners go on hunger strike, they shall be immediately isolated from other prisoners, and, if possible, also from one another. All cases of hunger strike shall be reported immediately to the Inspector-General together with the reasons for the hunger strike. A daily report in duplicate by the Medical Officer on the health and general conditions of the prisoner shall be sent by the Superintendent to the InspectorGeneral. Artificial feeding: Rule 686. In the event of the prisoner refusing to take food and resorting to hunger strike, the Medical Officer shall adopt methods of artificial feeding if in his judgment physical condition is such that artificial feeding provides the only method of keeping the prisoner alive. The actual operation of artificial feeding shall be carried out by the Medical Officer or the junior Medical Officer. Penalty for introduction or removing prohibited articles and communicating with prisoners under section 42: Rule 687. Whoever contrary to any rule under section 59 of the Prisons Act, introduces or removes or attempts by any means whatever to introduce, remove into or from any prison, any prohibited articles, and even officer of a prison, who contrary to any such rule knowingly suffers any such article to be introduced into or removed from any prison, to be possessed by any prisoners, or to be supplied to any prisoner outside the limits of a prison, and whatever contrary to any such rule, communicate or attempts to communicate with any prisoner, and whoever abets any offence made punishable by this section, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, or to both (section 42, 'Prisons Act, 1894). Power to arrest for offences under section 42: Rule 688. When any person, in the present of any officer of a 234