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The following punishment(s) shall be awarded by the Superintendent to prisoners for committing any prison offence and shall be classified into minor and major categories, namely:- (i) Punishment for minor prison offences:- The following punishments shall be awarded in case of minor offences by the Superintendent, namely: - (a) formal warning; Explanation:- Formal warning means a warning personally addressed to a prisoner by the Superintendent and recorded in the history-ticket of the prisoner and punishment register; (b) forfeiture of remission earned, not exceeding five days; (c) forfeiture of earning from wages of up to three days once in a calendar month; (d) punishment drill/work for a period not exceeding one hour a day up to fifteen days subject to the prisoner's physical fitness being certified by the Medical Officer; (e) forfeiture of privileges given to the prisoner for a period up to three months; (f) change of form of labour for fifteen days to some irksome or severe form; (g) change of accommodation to another barrack, cell or any other prison accommodation for a period, as deemed necessary, not exceeding thirty days; (h) separate confinement for a period up to ten days; (i) engagement in community services in prison, like water services or hospital services or kitchen services or maintenance of cleanliness of the common area, for a period up to fourteen days; or (j) forfeiture or removal of class of a convict officer to a lower class or to a normal convict for a specific period not exceeding three months. 1234 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) (ii) Punishment for major prison offences:- The following punishments shall be major punishments which may be awarded by the Superintendent in case of major offences, namely: - (a) compulsory labour for a period not exceeding seven days in the case of civil prisoners and prisoners sentenced to simple imprisonment and not exceeding fourteen days in the case of under-trial prisoners; (b) forfeiture of remission earned, not exceeding five days; (c) forfeiture of earnings from wages for more than three days and up to seven days in a month; (d) forfeiture of privileges beyond three months and not exceeding six months; (e) separate confinement for a period beyond ten days and not exceeding sixty days; (f) cellular confinement for a period up to thirty days; (g) exclusion from temporary release for one year; (h) exclusion from remission system for a period upto one year; (i) to engage in community services in prison, like water services or hospital services or kitchen services or maintenance of cleanliness of the common area, for a period exceeding fourteen days subject to a maximum of three months; (j) imposition of handcuffs of such pattern and in such manner as provided in these rules, for any period not exceeding a month; (k) forfeiture or removal of class of a convict officer to a lower class or to a normal convict for a period upto one year; (l) imposition of fetters of such pattern and in such manner as provided in these rules, for any period not exceeding fifteen days; (m) transfer to other prisons; (n) any combination of two minor punishments admissible under the preceding rules; or (o) recovery for willfully disrupting production in prison workshop leading to pecuniary loss or damaging or tampering with any prison property. Such recovery shall be made from the wages earned by the prisoner. In absence of wages earned, from the amount deposited in the jail canteen account of the prisoner, and in absence of both the sum will be recovered from the prisoner’s property through a judicial process. (iii) Apart from above, punishments, no other punishment shall be awarded to the prisoner without an order from the competent Court. Procedure for punishment.