Section 703(i) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(i)When a railway pass or food for the whole journey is not given by the jail, a sum of money sufficient to meet all expenses of dieting and carriage of the convicts on the road shall be provided and given to the escort commander by the authorities of the jail from which the convicts are sent, and he shall meet all expenditure on account of the convicts from this fund. He shall keep an account of all expenditure on account of the convicts, and whenever that expenditure is made at any police-station or other Government establishment, the officer-in-charge of such station, etc., shall attest such expenditure on the above account. [See clause (s).]
