PJM 696Chapter XXIV · Civil Prisoners
Section 696 · Diet of certain civil prisoners. Permission to cook
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Civil prisoners who are supplied with prison diet shall unless the scale of subsistence allowance (if any) permits of a more liberal scale, be provided with diet on the ordinary scale prescribed in respect of convicts who are not subjected to labour. Their food shall be prepared in the convict cook-house, and cooked and served by convict cooks.Note. - Civil prisoners admitted into jail under rule 98 in order XXI of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure for resisting or obstructing the execution of a decree shall be provided with non-labouring prison diet but at the expense of the State.(2)
Civil prisoners who are not provided with prison diet, shall be permitted to cook their own food at places provided for the purpose.Your private note on this section
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