(1) The members of the committee shall assist the Superintendent in all matters pertaining to the award of remission, the Remission Committee shall meet on fixed days in the last week of every month, or as and when required and the decision of the Superintendent shall be treated as final.
(2) In view of the importance of remission work, it is essential that the committee meets as per fixed schedule so that remission may be granted in time and special remission shall be granted leaving a margin of at least seven days prior to a prisoner's release.
(3) Entries regarding remission shall be made, under proper attestation of the Superintendent, in the Remission Register, Remission Card and the History Ticket of the prisoner concerned as soon as it is granted.
(4) Prisoners with substantive sentences from six months to five years should be sanctioned remission each month while those sentenced to more than five years (including life convicts) should be granted remission once in a quarter.
(5) Ordinary remission should be calculated for full calendar months. It should not be granted for a fraction of a calendar month.
(6) Special remission may be granted for any fraction of a year accordingly.
(7) The total remission awarded to a prisoner under these rules shall not ordinarily exceed one third part of his sentence.
(8) Grant of remission to prisoners sentenced by court martial shall be on the same principles as those applicable to other prisoners.