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Section 457: Ringing of bell for midday parades and procedure for taking food

The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022State Rules of Rajasthan · 1894

(1) All gangs (both intramural and extra-mural) shall stop work and each prisoner shall take up his clothing, cups and plate and fall in his gang.

(2) The prisoners shall then be marched to near the bathing platform, where each prisoner shall divest himself of his clothes, put on his bathing cloth, take up his cup and thus prepare himself for bathing; each prisoner placing his clothes to the right or left of him, according to whether he is the right hand or the left hand man of the file.

(3) The prisoners shall then dry themselves, put on their clothes and be made to march to the feeding platform where they shall again separate into two files, a file at each platform and be made to sit down and deposit their plates on the platform.

(4) The cooks shall then distribute the proper allowance of food into each plate and the prisoners shall be instructed to keep away flies from their food.

(5) If any prisoner makes a complaint as to the quantity or quality of the food, he shall be ordered to stand up, take up his food and separate himself from the others, who shall then be ordered to eat their food.

(6) The officer on duty shall immediately enquire as to the cause of the complaint; if it is for short distribution, he shall have the ration weighed and the deficiency, if any supplied and report the defaulting cook to the Jailor, but if the complaint is of bad quality or bad cooking, he shall at once report the matter to the Jailor who shall examine the food and make such further enquiry regarding the complaint as may be necessary and report the circumstances to the Superintendent on the first opportunity, on the prisoner’s History Ticket.

(7) The Superintendent shall decide whether the complaint is well founded or not and take such action as is necessary.

भाग 4 (ग) राजस्ााू राज-पत्र दिसम् बर 12 2022 586

(8) Any prisoner making a false and malicious complaint shall be punished and every complaint regarding food shall be reported to the Superintendent.

(9) When the prisoners take their food the warder-guard shall stand round the feeding platforms and see that no prisoner gives away his food to another or secretes it about his person.

(10) The feeding parade should not be hurried; prisoners should be allowed time to chew their food well and when the meal is finished the prisoners shall stand up together, from double file and march to the bathing platform, at the end of which shall be placed two tubs into which each prisoner shall throw any refuse food left in his plate, separating rice or chapattis from curried food.

(11) On the platform they shall wash their plates and mouths.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section457
Marginal noteRinging of bell for midday parades and procedure for taking food
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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