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(1) Where a judgment-debtor is committed to a civil prison in execution of a decree, the Court shall fix for his subsistence such monthly allowance as fixed under rule 332. (2) The monthly allowance fixed shall be paid by the party on whose application the judgment-debtor has been arrested, by monthly payments in advance before the first day of each month. (3) The first payment shall be made to the proper officer of the court for such portion of the current month as remains unexpired before the judgment debtor is committed to civil prison and the subsequent payment (if any) shall be made to the officer in charge of the civil prison. (4) Sums disbursed by the decree-holder for the subsistence of the judgment-debtor in civil prison shall be deemed to be costs in the suit. NOTE.- The monthly allowance under sub-rule (2) shall when received by the prison, be credited into the Government treasury and the Treasury receipt shall be attached to the detailed contingent bill for the month. The amount so credited shall be drawn on an abstract bill when required. Amounts disbursed on behalf of judgment-debtor in respect of supplies from stock, purchase from bazaar, and balances paid to the decree-holder, shall be recorded in the relevant register and shown in voucher attached to the detailed contingent bill for the month under head miscellaneous dietary charges. The total amount thus shown shall of the same amount as in the treasury receipt and in case of a difference, if any, reasons be explained. Expenses of medicine of civil prisoner.