notices intimating payment of fine shall be sent to the prison authorities through an official messenger of the Court or through registered post and not through the friends or relatives of the prisoner. Release order etc. sent locally shall be received by the Assistant Superintendent incharge of releases. (iv) Release orders, reduction warrants, etc., sent locally shall be received in the prison during the office hours only. (v) In case of two or more prisoners convicted in the same case, there must be a separate release order or reduction warrant, as the case may be, for every prisoner. Over-detention to be reported to the Inspector General. Rule125. The case of every prisoner detained in confinement after the date on which he is entitled to be released shall be reported to the Inspector General. Warrant of a release of prisoner transferred. Rule126. On receipt of warrant for the release of a prisoner who has been transferred to another prison, such warrant shall be forwarded without further delay by registered post to the prison in which the prisoner is confined. Release order to be duly authenticated. Rule127. The Superintendent shall not release any prisoner on the authority of any informal document. Release orders duly signed by the Coordination Officer and impressed with the seal of the Court shall alone be acted upon. All release orders before being acted upon should be carefully scrutinized by the Deputy Superintendent in order to see that the seal of the Court and signature of the Coordination Officer are genuine and that the particulars noted in the release order correspond with the original commitment warrant. In case of doubt a reference should be made to the Court concerned before the order is carried out. Release on the authority of a telegram. Rule128. No prisoner shall be released on the authority of telegram except in the case of telegram dispatched by the Home Secretary to the Provincial Government. All such telegrams should be confirmed by telegraphic enquiry. When a prisoner may be released on recognizance. Rule129. (i) If the warrant of an appellate Court directs that a prisoner shall be released on bail or on his own or another 49

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