In addition to the duties elsewhere prescribed in these rules, it shall be the duty of every convict watchman,-
(a) to keep surveillance on prisoners to prevent suicide and escape from wards and cell;
(b) to nurse and care for patients in jail hospital;
(c) to patrol the inside of wards and maintain or assist in maintaining discipline and order at night;
(d) to prevent prisoners leaving their berths except with permission and for a necessary purpose;
(e) to count the prisoners in his charge frequently, satisfy himself that all are present, and reply when challenged by the outside patrol;
(f) to prevent as far as lies in his power any breach of jail rules by any prisoner in his charge and to report the same;
(g) to assist in quelling any disturbance and in case of necessity, defend any official;
(h) to report cases of sickness and the use of the latrine otherwise than at times specified for that purpose;
(i) to perform such task as may be allotted to him during the day and render all proper assistance to the warder or convict overseer in charge of his gang;
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(j) when so required, to act as a messenger within the jail walls and escort prisoners from one part of the Jail to another;
(k) to watch jail walls and prevent prisoners from lurking near them; and
(l) to take charge, if necessary, of a gang or a part of a gang inside the jail.