874. [ Spectators may be admitted. [G. of I. letter No. 287 of 10th September, 1909 and P.G. endorsement No. 381 of 29th September, 1909.]
- Adult male relatives of the condemned prisoner and respectable male adults up to a maximum of 12 in all, may be admitted under the sanction of the Inspector-General, to witness an execution either inside the Jail, or into the gallows enclosure when the gallows is outside the Jail provided that the Inspector General may, in his discretion refuse admission altogether or to any particular individual. Spectators are to be kept at a distance and a sufficient strength of the Warder Guard should be drawn up close at hand, ready prepared to suppress any disturbance or frustrate any attempt at rescue.]
