Section 482(a) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(a)The senior Court officer shall, forthwith on their arrival in the Court office, search all the male prisoners and have the female prisoners searched by a woman approved of by the Magistrate, and take possession of all properties and offensive weapons found on them. These and the properties and weapons sent by the station police, with the prisoners in charge of their escort, shall be taken charge of and entered in the malkhana register by the officer answerable for the malkhana. Glass, conch-shell or iron bangle shall not be removed from the person of female prisoners The woman making a search under this regulation shall get a small fee for the same, say, of 4 annas per head, the charges being debited to the Magistrate's grant for contingencies.
