689. Officers competent to indent for guards or escorts. [§ 12, Act V, 1861].
(a)The officers named below are competent to indent for guards or escorts for the purpose of guarding or escorting prisoners, lunatics or treasure, currency notes, etc., opium, liquor in bond, and other valuable property of the Crown :-Commissioners.Judges.Magistrates of districts.Settlement Officers (escorts only).Sub-divisional Magistrates.Munsifs.Executive Engineers.Superintendents of Jails.Officers-in-charge of treasuries.Sub-divisional Officers, Telegraphs.Superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta and Cinchona Cultivation in Bengal (escorts only, once a month).Tahsildar of Maynaguri (Jalpaiguri). (For escort of treasure only).Tahsildar of Falakata (Jalpaiguri). (For escort -of treasure only).Naib Tahsildar of Bhalka (Jalpaiguri). (For escort of treasure only).Manager, Government Cinchona Plantation, Munsong (Darjeeling). (For escort of treasure only twice a month).(b)If any officers ask for guards or escorts that are not provided for by these regulations, they shall be informed that they must obtain the sanction of the Provincial Government through the head of their department without which the required guards or escorts cannot be furnished.
