(1) A pass for temporary absence from the settlement may be granted to a habitual offender by the [corrective settlement] Manager for a period not exceeding 15 days. Leave of absence for any longer period may be granted by the Superintendent of Police on the recommendation of the [corrective settlement] Manager.
(2) The pass to be granted under this rule shall be in form No. 24.
(3) In addition to the general conditions mentioned in form No. 24, the [coreactive settlement] Manager or the Superintendent of Police (as the case may be) may incorporate such special conditions as may be deemed proper.
(4) The route to be taken by a [registered offender] for journey both ways shall be specified in the pass in form No. 24 and he shall travel by no other route.
(5) On return to the [corrective settlement], the [registered offender] shall report himself immediately to the [corrective settlement] Manager and shall hand over the pass back to him.
(6) Night halts in the case of a journey under a pass in form No. 24, shall be reported by the [registered offender] to the Officer-in-charge of the police out-post concerned or village watchman or village headman.
(7) If the pass holder overstays the period for which he has been allowed to remain absent from his [corrective settlement] owing to illness or other sufficient cause, he shall forthwith inform the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station or out-post within the limits whereof he happens, to be, in writing, and such officer shall immediately send an intimation thereof to the [corrective settlement] Manager.
(8) The [corrective settlement] Manager shall not allow more than 10 percent of the [registered offenders] in the [corrective settlement] to be absent therefrom on leave at any one time without the sanction of the Superintendent of Police.
(9) Any pass granted under this rule may at any time be withdrawn by the officer granting it or by the District Magistrate. If the pass-holder has already left, intimation shall forthwith be sent to him of such withdrawal.