and shall be released from the prison in which he is confined at the time of his release. Letters P.R.T. indicate that a prisoner is "Police registered" and that he is to be transferred one month prior to his release to the prison of the district noted on the slip as his native district. The registration of a prisoner as P.R.T. shall be recorded in red ink in the admission register and release register. The fact of a prisoner, being P.R. or P.R.T. shall have no effect in his classification. P.R. Slip received after a prisoner has been transferred to some other prison should be forwarded to that prison under registered cover. P.R. Slip of a prisoner shall be sent to the Superintendent of Police of the district of which he is resident, a fortnight before he is due for release. Finger impression slip of P.R. Prisoners. Rule62. The finger impression slips of P.R. convicts shall be prepared in the presence of and signed by (a) Magistrate (b) a Gazetted Police Officer or (c) the Superintendent of the Prison. In all cases the portion of the P.R. Slip which classifies a convict as P.R. or P.R.T. shall be signed by the Superintendent of the Police. Superintendent to order a prisoner to give his thumb impression. Rule63. The order to a convict to give his thumb impression is a lawful order and should be upheld by the Superintendent of the Prison, who should take steps to see that it is enforced. An Officer of the prison must order a prisoner to allow his thumb impression to be taken. Abstract of Rules to be read and hung up in a conspicuous place. Rule 64.(i) A summary of the rules relating to the conduct and treatment of prisoners shall be read over to every prisoner after his admission into prison and proper means shall from time to time thereafter be taken by the Superintendent to make every prisoner acquainted with the purport or all such rules for the time being in force. (ii) A summary, of the rules in National or Provincial language shall be hung up in every barrack in some conspicuous place in every prison. 23

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