(1) Every Convict prisoner desiring to appeal, and entitled to do so, shall be granted all reasonable facility for the purpose, and his request shall be promptly attended to, whether the appeal can reach the appellate court within the period specified or not.
(2) In cases where a petition for appeal is made so late as to render it unlikely or impossible for it to reach the appellate court within the allotted time, the officer in charge shall endorse on the appeal the convict’s reasons for not submitting it earlier, together with his own views (if any) on the reasons so given.
(3) Every convict shall be allowed reasonable opportunities of personally interviewing his relatives, friends and advocate for the purpose of preparing his appeal:
Provided that every such interview shall be held within sight, but out of the hearing of the jail officer in whose charge the prisoner is placed for the purpose of such interview.
(4) The convict shall be allowed to sign a power-of-attorney authorizing any one to act for him, the power must bear the proper stamp under the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998, and the prisoner’s signature must be attested by the Jailor or Deputy Jailor.