Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

Arms and Ammunition 103
(e) Sword bayonets pattern 1903 for rifles, short M.L.E. pattern 1903 for .410 muskets
(one per musket) and pattern 1887 for side arms for such proportion of establishment
as may be authorized.
Rule 6.5
6.5. Scale of arms in districts. (1) The armament of police in districts is calculated according
to the following scale :-
Muskets -
(a) Permanent standing guards One per man.
(b) Police Stations The proportion fixed by Government for each
class of police station.
(c) Reserve at head-quarters 20 per cent of the total sanctioned establishment
of head constables and 40 per cent
of that of constables, exclusive of the number
of those ranks armed with rifles
Reserve at Police Training 237 .303 H.V. Rifles and
School, Phillaur 500.410 muskets.
Note :- The 237-303 H.V. rifles are available for training purposes but they can only be drawn on
for issue under the orders of the Inspector-General. 110 .410 muskets and 6.22 Lee Enfield
rifles are also maintained for training purposes.
Rifles:-
Mounted police and Ist armed reserve. One per man
Revolvers :-
All upper subordinates One per officer
(2) The above scale applies to all districts except those for which a special scale, either
for the whole district or for a portion of its establishment, has been authorized by Government
and notified by the Inspector-General. The sanctioned scale of revolvers includes
a proportion for officers officiating as upper subordinates, and for upper subordinates of
additional police. 1
(3) When the establishment of a district is increased or decreased, or when the strength
of any police station or guard within a district is altered in such a way as to affect the above
scale, application shall be made to the Inspector-General to alter the total armament of the
district accordingly, or to the Deputy Inspector-General to alter the distribution of arms
within the district, as the case may be.
Rule 6.6
6.6. Changes in fixed distribution. - A Superintendent may, in case of necessity, temporarily
increase the issue of arms to any place, but all such changes shall be reported to
the Deputy Inspector-General, who will satisfy himself at his inspections that the authorized
permanent distribution is not altered without his sanction.
Rule 6.7
6.7. Stamping of arms. - All arms issued to the police, with the exception of revolvers,
shall be stamped with the district cypher and a serial number. Rifles and muskets shall
be stamped on the butt plate; bayonets shall be stamped on the hilt and bayonet scabbards
on the locket.
Rule 6.8
6.8. Register of distribution of arms. (1) The distribution and movement of individual
arms on charge, shall be recorded in Part I of the Arms Distribution Register (Form 6.8)
to be kept by the kot head constable under the supervision of the Lines Officer. In this register
shall be shown only actual arms and those accessories which are issued with them
1. Memo 2647/9-21/23, dated 23rd November, 1927.