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(1) No guarding personnel who is at any time entrusted with any key, shall, under any circumstances or on any pretext whatsoever, - (a) take any key belonging to a lock in use for securing the custody of any prisoner, out of the prison; (b) leave any such key lying about; HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) 1359 (c) deliver any such key to any person other than to an officer of the prison duly authorized to receive such key or to have the care or custody thereof; (d) leave his post or duty or the prison without delivering such key to the officer duly authorized to receive the same from him. (2) The key of any ward, cell, compartment, godown, main gate, or main gate wicket shall not, under any circumstances or on any pretext, be at any time made over to any prisoner. NOTE.— If any key is lost or mislaid, the lock or locks to which it belongs shall at once be put out of use, and new lock shall be installed in place of the above said lock and enquiry shall be conducted on orders of officer in charge of a prison in this regard to ascertain reasons for the above. Head warder (central control room).