PJM 63Chapter VI · Jail Officers

Section 63 · [ Superintendents of District Jails. Conditions as to first appointments. [Part II, Rule 48, P.G. Cir. 33-3991-2 of 17th October, 1877 and 153 of 24th April, 1883.]

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- In the case of District Jails in respect of which no special officer is appointed to the office of Superintendent, the office of Superintendent shall ordinarily be held by the Civil Surgeon for the time being of the district in which such Jail is situated :]Provided that no officer appointed to the office of Civil Surgeon who has not previously held charge of a jail, may be appointed to be the Superintendent of a jail, without the previous approval of the Local Government.Note - For the purposes of the proviso to clause (1) of this rule the Magistrate of the District shall, if he desires to recommend a Civil Surgeon who has not previously held charge of a jail, for appointment to the office of Superintendent, forward to the Inspector-General sufficient evidence that the officer whom he recommends -

(a)

possesses an adequate colloquial knowledge of the vernacular for the purposes of discharging the duties of Superintendent;

(b)

is acquainted with the Prisons Act, 1884, and the rules, regulations, orders and directions, respectively, made and issued thereunder; and

(c)

possesses sufficient knowledge of the Prisons Act, Prisoners Act, Code of Criminal Procedure and other laws to enable him to efficiently discharge the magisterial and other functions appertaining to the officer in charge of a jail.

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