Section 958(c) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(c)Clothing not in stock at the time of despatch of recruits to the College or required for replacement of kit damaged while at the College shall be sent to the Principal with the necessary issue form: The Principal shall see that this clothing is issued to the recruit concerned, and entered in his hand-book, and that the issue form, after signature or attestation by thumb impression by the recruit concerned, is countersigned and returned to the district.