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Section 463: Complaint in the weekly meeting

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

(1) The Superintendent shall hold a parade of all the prisoners once a week, when every prisoner shall have the opportunity of making any request or complaint to him.

(2) In large jails where, on account of the large number of prisoners it is not possible to hold the parade of all prisoners at one time, half of the prisoners may be paraded one morning and the other half the next morning.

(3) In the winter months, this parade may be held in the open air under in the sun, but in the hot weather and rainy season the prisoners shall be paraded under shelter.

(4) At this parade the prisoners shall be arranged in single line by gangs, each class in its own division.

(5) Before each prisoner shall be spread in neat order his bed-sheet, durrie, blanket and clothing, cup, plate and history ticket.

(6) All prisoners losing weight shall be paraded separately.

(7) On arrival of the Superintendent, every prisoner shall, at the word of command, stand up, take up the history ticket in the left hand.

(8) Prisoners wishing to make complaints or requests to the Superintendent shall do so.

(9) The Superintendent shall then pass down the line, listen to complaints and requests of every description and pass orders thereon. He shall satisfy himself,-

(a) that history tickets are supplied to all prisoners and written up;

(b) that the classification rules are carried out;

(c) that remission has been duly awarded and communicated to the prisoners and that the prisoners shall be able to know what remission they have earned;

(d) that weightments of prisoners have been duly made and recorded on the tickets;

(e) that the weighments are carefully by his subordinates in the distribution of labour;

(f) that clothing and bedding supplied to prisoners are according to the prescribed scale, that they are marked with prisoner’s numbers and are clean and in good order;

(g) that their cups and plates, are clean and bright;

(h) that the prisoners are cleanly in person, and that their hair is kept in accordance with the rules; and

(i) by picking out any sickly-looking prisoner who he thinks should be placed under observation.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section463
Marginal noteComplaint in the weekly meeting
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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