- The following classes of fetters may be used in prisons : -(a)Link-fetters composed of a chain and ankle-rings. The total weight of such fetters including the ankle-rings shall not exceed 365 gms and the chain shall be not less than 60 cm in length.(b)Bar-fetters composed of two bars joined together by a link and attached to ankle-rings. The total weight of such fetters including the ankle-rings, shall not exceed 1575 gms and each bar shall be not less than 51 cm in length.(c)Cross-bar fetters composed of a single bar for the purpose of keeping the legs apart and of ankle-rings. The total weight of such fetters, including ankle rings, shall not exceed 1175 gms. The length of the bar shall not exceed sixteen inches in the case of men who are not less than five feet six inches in height, or fourteen inches in the case of men below this height.
