299. A gate-keeper to be on duty. Record of reliefs.
(1)A warder or an ex-military officer specially appointed for the purpose shall be constantly on duty, as gate-keeper, at the main gate of every jail, between the hours of opening the jail in the morning and closing it at night.(2)At every relief of any gate-keeper, a note of the hour of such relief shall be recorded and signed by both the relieved and relieving officer.[Note. - Ex-military Indian Officers appointed as gate-keepers shall, in addition to their normal duties, supervise and be responsible for the jail warder guard in respect of the following matters, viz., drill, care of equipment, sanitation and tidiness of the lines.] [P.G. No. 4325-Jails, dated 6th February, 1931.]
