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(1) No staff member shall, at any time under any circumstances or on any pretext, strike any prisoner otherwise than in the pursuance of his duty in giving effect to punishment lawfully inflicted or, to any other provision of the law or any rules made thereunder. (2) No officer of any prison shall, in the discharge of his duties, at any time use more force than is absolutely necessary for the purpose of subduing an incident or aggressive prisoner or for enforcing the law or any rules made thereunder and carrying out his duties. NOTE.— It shall be lawful to use all means necessary to effect an arrest (section 45 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) and a prisoner has no right of private defence against prison officers acting in the discharge of their duty [section 98 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860)] and every officer may use all force necessary, provided the circumstances so require, to resist any force used by prisoners against lawful authority. Prisoners not to be employed on private work.