Section 154(c) in Police Regulations, Calcutta, 1968
(c)Information to be entered. - The main purpose of maintaining a General Diary is to furnish a chronological account of all events which occur at police stations and outposts. It shall contain a brief note, entered at the time at which it is communicated to the police station, or outposts, of every occurrence other than petty cases reported. It shall also contain all information relating to accidents, fires, the receipt and disbursement or transmission of cash, taking and making over charge, daily disposition of the staff, the holding of parades, kit inspection, barrack inspection, departure and arrival of officers and men on duty, visits of superior officers, assistance rendered to police officers and officers of other departments, round reports, and information of any apprehended disturbance within the jurisdiction of the police station or outpost and of movements of wandering gangs.
