123. Deputy Superintendent to supervise office and keep certain registers, duties regarding cash and cash books.
- The Deputy Superintendent shall exercise general supervision over the work of the office. The delegation of the preparation of returns, entries in registers, or of any of the Deputy Superintendent's duties to any authorised subordinate, in no way relieves the Deputy Superintendent of the responsibility for ensuring that these are correctly and punctually made, but his most important duties are in the direct control of the prisoners and management of the jail. He shall keep or cause to be kept the cash-books, release diaries and such other registers as the Superintendent may direct. He shall daily compare the balances of cash in hand with the balances shown in the cashbooks, initial the latter if correct present them to the Superintendent daily for examination.Note 1. - Cash/Cash book shall ordinarily be handled by the office Superintendent/Head Clerk for the maintenance section and Accountant for the Factory section. Official handling the cash will be given cash allowance as per the Government instructions in that behalf.Note 2. - The Deputy Superintendent should report monthly in his journal on the state of the registers in charge of each of his subordinates.
