(1) Where a judgment-debtor is committed to the civil prison in execution of a decree, the court shall fix the monthly allowance for his subsistence.
(2) The first payment shall be made to the proper officer of the court for such portion of the current month as remains unexpired before the judgment-debtor is committed to the civil prison and such officer shall send the amount paid with the civil prisoner to the Jailor.
(3) No debtor shall be received into the jail unless the proper amount of subsistence allowance is received with him.
(4) Subsequent payments, if any become due, shall be made to the Jailor by monthly payments in advance to the full amount due for the ensuing month before the first day of each month.
(5) If the decree-holder omits to pay the allowance as above, the Superintendent shall, without reference to the court, release the judgment debtor and the release shall be made on the morning of the day for which no allowance has been paid.
(6) A receipt from a counterfoil book in form as specified, shall be given to the decreeholder for subsistence money paid into the Jail, the amount received being credited in the contingent cash-book.