78. Distribution of duties amongst subordinate officers.
- The Superintendent shall record, or cause to be recorded, in writing, an order showing the distribution of duties amongst subordinate officers and the nature and extent of the duties allotted to each such officer :Provided that nothing contained in any order recorded under this rule shall be deemed in any way to relieve the Deputy Superintendent of his general responsibility, under the Superintendent, for the entire management of the jail, or to relieve the Deputy Superintendent or any other subordinate officer of his liability to discharge any duty imposed on him by any law or rules for the time being in force.Note 1. - Distribution of duties amongst officers employed in the jail office should be so allotted as to enable to Superintendent to fix responsibility for errors in the jail records, with precision and without leaving any possibility of dispute. A copy of the distribution of executive and clerical work will be put up and maintained in conspicuous place in the jail office.Note 2. - It shall also be the endeavour of the Superintendent Jail to apply the principle of rotation in the distribution of duties amongst officers employed in the office after such interval as he may think proper.
