Section 59: Custody of important documents and records

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

(1) The Jailor shall be responsible for the safe custody of all important documents and for the registers and records prescribed by these rules and shall exercise general supervision over the work of the office.

(2) The delegation of preparation of returns, entries in registers or any other duty of Jailor to any authorized subordinate shall in no way relieve the former of the responsibility of ensuring that these are correctly and punctually performed, but his main duties are the direct control of the prisoners and the management of the jail.

(3) The Jailor or cashier may be required to keep the cash-books and such other registers as the Superintendent may direct, with his own hand and the Jailor shall be responsible that the cash balances correspond with those shown in the cash-books, initial the latter if correct and present them daily to the Superintendent for inspection.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section	59
Marginal note	Custody of important documents and records
Jurisdiction	State of Rajasthan
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.