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(1) Every prisoner shall, before being released, be carefully identified by reference to the personal description of such prisoner recorded in the admission register, and the Superintendent and the Deputy Superintendent (Administration) shall satisfy themselves respectively that the prisoner brought forward is entitled to be released and that his sentence has been duly executed, except in respect of any remission earned and granted in pursuance of the remission rules, where after the prisoner shall be released at the main gate. (2) Every order for the final discharge of a prisoner shall be signed by the Superintendent. (3) No prisoner shall be released without the explicit order of the Superintendent. However, in case of release on appeal, payment of fine, furnishing security, or giving bail, in which the power of legal detention ceases as soon as the order of the court is delivered at the prison, the Deputy Superintendent (Administration) shall release the prisoner, on his responsibility, provided that an immediate reference to the Superintendent is made. The warrant of such prisoner shall be signed by the Superintendent as if the prisoner was released before himself. NOTE.- Ordinarily the Superintendent shall remain present in the prison premises and release the prisoner in his presence. Only in exceptional cases, when it may not be practicable to contact the Superintendent, the Deputy Superintendent (Administration) should affect release on his responsibility. HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) 1251 (4) It shall be ensured before the release of every prisoner that no other sentence or under- trial case is pending against him. Entries and cross entries of pending cases or other convictions shall be recorded prominently in red ink at the back of every conviction or detention warrant as well as the corresponding prison registers. (5) If a prisoner, who is admitted to an outside hospital, is eligible for release, he shall be released from such hospital. (6) The case of undue delay in the release of every prisoner shall be reported to the Director General by the Superintendent. An inquiry shall invariably be held in every such non-release of prisoner and responsibility be fixed for over-detention of the prisoner. Warrant of release of prisoner transferred to another prison.