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(1) The locks of the doors of all sleeping barracks and cells shall be so arranged that the prisoners cannot reach them from the inside. (2) Any keys which any officer may have to carry with his person, while on duty, shall be attached to his person by means of a stout chain. (3) The keys of prison shall, when not in use or in the personal custody of any officer of the prison, be kept in a locked receptacle to be kept for the purpose at the Main Gate, and the key of such receptacle shall be retained by the Duty Officer. (4) Every time a key of a barrack/cell is used during the lockup hours, the record of each such occurrence shall be recorded by the gate-keeper along with name and signature of the staff member concerned with the receiving and deposit time. The staff member who takes the custody of key shall briefly report the purpose in Night Report Book. (5) Locks on barracks and locks on cells shall be changed once and twice fortnightly respectively. (6) A lock, the key of which has been lost or misplaced, shall be destroyed in the presence of the Superintendent and written off from the lock and key register. (7) On each bunch of keys there shall be a brass disc showing the number of the bunch and the number of keys on that bunch and the key chest shall be provided with hooks serially numbered to correspond with the number on the bunches of keys. (8) The keys shall be placed on a ring, the ends of which shall either be soldered or riveted so that no key may be removed there from. (9) The register of locks and keys shall contain the descriptions and the numbers of all locks and keys by bunches and the barracks, cells or store rooms, where they are in use. HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) 1383 Light to be kept on at night.