Section 724(iv) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(iv)The escort shall not be dismissed except as hereafter provided, until the Superintendent of the asylum has himself seen the lunatic and compared his condition with the certificate, which shall then with the Superintendent's entry on it, be sent direct by post to the Magistrate from whose district the lunatic was despatched. In the case shall be escort be detained for more than 24 hours. Should the Superintendent be temporarily absent from the asylum, the certificate of the overseer or Sub-Assistant Surgeon or doctor in charge shall be given.
