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When a prisoner shall die in the civil jail, the nazir shall immediately report such death to the nearest Magistrate, who shall thereupon inquire into the cause of such death, and make a written report thereon to the Inspector-General of Prisons, and the corpse of such prisoner shall, after the medical officer appointed under section 12 * *9 has certified to his death, be made over to his relatives or friends 10[if any be present and willing to take charge of it]. 11[If no relatives or friend of a prisoner who has died in prison is present and willing to receive and dispose of his corpse, it shall be buried, burnt or otherwise disposed of.] 12[16. If at the time of a prisoner’s death or release, any of the subsistence-money furnished by the party at whose suit such prisoner was detained, remains unexpended, notice shall be forthwith given to the party paying the same, and the balance so remaining unexpended shall be returned to such party or his representatives : Provided that he or they claim payment thereof within three months from the date of such notice ; failing which such balance shall become the property of 13[the State Government]. The cost of disposing of the corpses of deceased prisoners under clause 2 of the last preceding section, and of procuring comforts for sick prisoners, and generally for the maintenance of the civil jail, shall be provided by 14[the 15[State Government] subject to such rules as 14[the 15[State] Government] may from time to time prescribed in this behalf.] PART IV TO XIV. [CRIMINAL JAILS ; SUPERINTENDENTS OF CRIMINAL JAILS, AND THEIR DUTIES ; JAILORS AND THEIR DUTIES ; MEDICAL OFFICER ; PRISON OFFENCES; OFFENCES IN RELATION TO JAILS ; VISITS TO, AND CORRESPONDENCE OF, PRISONERS ; DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS ; VISITORS OF JAILS ; EXTRAMURAL GANGS ; MISCELLANEOUS.] -------------------