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(i) publishes any matter or makes any public pro- nouncement relating to the prisons, or the prisoners therein, or the Prisons Department;

(i) solicits or receives any unauthorized fee, gratuity or other consideration in connexion with his duties as an officer of the Prisons Department or other person em- played in the prisons;

(ii) fails to account for, or to make a prompt and true return of, any money or property for which he is responsible whether in connexion with his duties as an officer of the Prisons Department or other person em- ployed in the prisons or with any club or fund connected with the prison or the prison staff;

(iii) improperly uses his position as an officer of the Prisons Department or other person employed in the prsions to his personal advantage;

(g) without proper authority-

(h)

(i) carries out any pecuniary or business transaction with or on behalf of any prisoner or ex-prisoner, or with a relative or friend of any prisoner or ex-prisoner;

(ii) brings in or carries out, or attempts to bring in or carry out, or knowingly allows to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner any article whatsoever;

(fi) accepts any present or consideration from any prisoner or ex-prisoner, or from a friend or relative of any prisoner or ex-prisoner;

(1) without proper authority communicates with any ex-prisoner or with a relative, or friend of any prisoner, or ex-prisoner;

(ii) communicates with a prisoner for an improper purpose;

(iii) allows any undue familiarity between a prisoner and himself, or any other person employed in the prisons; (iv) discusses his duties, or any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within the hearing of a prisoner;

(i) deliberately acts in a manner calculated to provoke a

prisoner;

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() without necessity uses force in dealing with the prisoners, or where the use of force is necessary, uses undue force;

(4) without proper authority or reasonable excuse-

(D

(i) absents himself from the prison, or from any parade, or place of duty;

(ii) arrives late for any duty or parade;

(i) wilfully or negligently damages or loses any article of clothing, or personal equipment with which he has been provided, or entrusted, or fails to take proper care thereof;

(ii) neglects to report any damage to, or loss of, any article of clothing, or personal equipment, however caused;

(m) when on duty, or called upon for duty, is unfit for duty

through drinking intoxicating liquors;

(n)

() while on or off duty acts in a disorderly manner, or in any manner prejudicial to discipline, or likely to bring discredit on the prison service;

(ii) smokes, or drinks intoxicating liquor either within the prison walls (except under such restrictions as to time and place as may be prescribed), or while on duty in a court of law, or when in charge of prisoners outside the prison;

(0) borrows money from an officer subordinate or junior in rank, or lends money to his superior officer, or stands surety for a brother officer in raising a loan.

(2) DISMISSAL AND INTERDICTION.

240, (1) The Governor may subject to the procedure laid Power of down in rules 343 to 252 summarily dismiss any subordinate officer Governor or other person employed in the prisons-

(a) for any breach of duty or of any of these rules;

(b) if it appears to the Governor, that such officer or such other person is in pecuniary embarrassment and that such embarrassment impairs his efficiency,

to order

instant dismissal.