Section 12 in The Tamil Nadu Borstal Schools Rules, 1938
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An inmate in the Star grade may be promoted to the Special Star grade if the Superintendent is satisfied after close observation of the inmate's general demeanour and efficiency that he may be safely placed in a position of special trust.Inmates in the Special Star grade shall wear a distinctive dress, may act as monitors, and may be placed in authority over other inmates on parade, perform sentry duties at night and other duties in which they can assist the administration. They may sleep in association wards and by exemplary conduct earn badge money of [(Re. 1.50 (Rupee one and paise fifty only) per head per month)] [Substituted by G.O. Ms. No. 632, Home, dated 16-4-1975.].Notes to Rules 11 & 12 above. - (1) Inmates promoted from the lower to a higher grade - shall be permitted to earn the extra badge money from the first of the month following the date of promotion.(2)Badge money shall not be given to an inmate for the month in which his conduct does not continue to be exemplary.(3)Inmates discharged in the ordinary course or on bail or whose sentences are suspended before the 16th of a month, shall not be entitled to badge money for that month, but if they are discharged in the ordinary course, or on bail or if their sentences are suspended on or after 16th of the month, they shall be given half the badge money of the respective grades for that month.(4)[ An inmate who is in transit from one school to another, at Court, on leave, or in a hospital (whether it be the school hospital or one outside the school) shall be granted the badge money of his grade on the scale earned by him during the previous month.] [This Note was substituted by G.O.Ms. No. 3S6, Home, dated 17-2-1943.]
