Section 4: Officers of prisons

The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 33 of 1963

There shall be for every prison a Superintendent, a Medical Officer (who may also be the Superintendent), a Medical Subordinate, a Jailer and such other officers as the State Government thinks necessary:

Provided that the State Government may declare by order in writing that in any prison specified in the order, the office of Jailer shall be held by the person appointed to be the Superintendent.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Prisons Act, 1963
Section	4
Marginal note	Officers of prisons
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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