CHAPTER-16 Civil Prisoners Segregation of civil prisoners. Rule401. Under sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Prisons Act 1894, every prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner is a civil prisoner. Under section 27 (4) of the same Act, every civil prisoner shall be confined in an enclosure inside the prison entirely separate from the enclosures allotted to criminal prisoners. Classes of civil prisoners. Rule402. Civil prisoners are of the following classes:(i) Prisoners committed to civil prison by the order of the Civil Court under section 32 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (penalty for default to pay Government dues). (ii) Persons imprisoned under order, of a Criminal Court under section [....] 514 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Procedure on forfeiture of bond by Court) (iii) Revenue defaulters (iv) Persons detained in civil prisons under any other law for the time being in force. Application of other rules to civil prisoners. Rule403. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all prison Rules shall apply to civil prisoners. Maintenance from private sources. Rule404. A civil prisoner shall be permitted to maintain himself, and to purchase or receive from private sources at proper hours, food, clothing, bedding, or other necessaries, but subject to examination and to such rules as may be approved by the Inspector-General. Diet of certain civil prisoners. Permission to cook. Rule405. (i) Civil prisoners who are supplied with prison diet, shall, unless the scale of subsistence allowance (if any), 1. 145 The words "318, 332 and omitted by Law Reforms Order, 1972.