Section 237(d) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(d)Arms shall be kept in the malkhana in strong wooden racks of a standard pattern provided with locking arrangement and secured by a padlock, and ammunition in a locked box which shall be kept well-raised off the ground in the malkhana. The keys shall remain with the officer-in-charge who shall be responsible for the distribution and return of the arms and ammunition. When leaving the police-station temporarily i.e., when going to the mufassil or on other similar duties, the officer-in-charge shall note in the general diary the number of arms and the quantity of ammunition in stock, and the officer who remains in charge shall satisfy himself by personal examination of the presence of the arms and ammunition, and acknowledge their receipt in the general diary. The keys of the rack of arms and of the ammunition boxes shall also be made over to the relieving officer and duly noted and acknowledge in the general diary.
