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(1) A detenu may be allowed to interview his family once a week. The interview shall be held within the sight and hearing of a responsible prison officer. The interview shall last no more than a half-hour and a maximum of three persons, not including children up to twelve years of age, shall be permitted during such interview. (2) On an application by the detenu, the Superintendent under intimation to the Director General, may grant a special interview with not more than two persons other than the family at a time, in connection with the business or professional matters of the detenu or his family. The interview shall be held within the sight and hearing of a prison official. Such interview shall be in the nature of a privilege and thus not liable to be claimed as a matter of right, and it shall be liable to be forfeited if the Superintendent considers it expedient in the interest of the prison discipline and to ensure proper conduct on the part of the detenu. (3) Over and above the interviews specified in sub-rules (1) and (2), every detenu shall be entitled to interview with an advocate of his choice, subject to the condition that the interview shall be purely for purposes of any application which the detenu may wish to make to a court of law or in connection with advice relating to matters which may be pending in a court of law in which the detenu is a party. Such interview shall be held within the sight and hearing of a prison officer. An officer deputed by the District Superintendent of Police may also remain present during such interview. (4) The right to cancel any interview shall vest in the authority that granted such interview and its decision shall be final: Provided that the authority (other than the Government) canceling the interview shall send a confidential report to the Government through the Director General, giving reasons for such action. (5) Interviews shall ordinarily take place on Thursday, but in special circumstances where the enforcement of this rule shall entail harshness, the competent authority may allow an interview to take place on any other day of the week. In all such cases where the interview is allowed on a day other than a Thursday by an authority other than the Government, a report shall be sent forthwith to the District Superintendent of Police intimating the date and time fixed for the interview. Such report shall be given by the competent authority not less than twelve hours in advance, so that arrangements may be made for the attendance of the officer referred in sub-rules (2) and (3). (6) A register shall be maintained by the Superintendent of all interviews between a detenu and his family members or relatives with the names and addresses of the persons present at each interview. (7) The District Superintendent of police or the officer deputed by him or the prison officer may stop the interview if the conversation takes an undesirable turn i.e. if it proceeds along political or ideological lines. (8) Subject to the directions of the State Government, the Director General of Police may, by general or special order, authorize any police officer either singly or along with another police officer and accompanied or unaccompanied by subordinate police officers to interview any detenu. (9) The Police officers so authorized shall be allowed to interview detenu in the interview room, within sight, but out of hearing of a prison officer, on making a written requisition to this effect. 1306 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) Examination of detenu.