Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

104 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 6
and the register shall be divided so that a record of each item may be kept separately, - vide
instructions in the form. Columns 3 and 4 of the form shall be balanced daily, the balance
being shown in red ink, provided that no balance need be struck on any day when no transaction
has taken place. The normal transaction is an issue from one sub-column of
column 3 balances by a receipt in another, the district total being unaffected; where an entry
affecting the latter is made, e.g., the return of a musket to the arsenal or the transfer of
a bayonet scabbard to condemned stock - an explanatory entry shall be made in column
5. Care must be taken that when a weapon is moved, the necessary entries are made respecting
any accessory moved with it. The Lines Officer shall check this register at
frequent intervals.
(2) In Part II of the register shall be maintained a nominal roll of the distribution of revolvers
on charge in the district.
(3) A separate register in Form 6.8(3) shall be maintained by the kot head constable under
the supervision of the Lines Officer in which a history sheet of each weapon on charge
in the district be entered.
Rule 6.9
6.9. Special orders regarding rifles M.L.E. .303. (1) All rifles M.L.E. shall be kept
in the armoury in a separate rack. A register (Form 6.9(1)) shall be maintained by the kot
head constable under the supervision of the Lines Officer showing the names of the men
permanently mobilized at headquarters to whom M.L.E. rifles are issued, and the arsenal
number of the rifles and rifle-bolt issued to each man. When rifles are issued from the armoury
each man take the particular rifle registered against his name and will be held
responsible for it.
(2) If the kot head constable finds, when a rifle is being returned to store, that it is damaged
or that any part of it is lost or damaged, he shall produce the man surrendering the
rifle before the Lines Officer, and cause an entry to be made in the lines diary detailing
the loss or damage that has occurred.
(3) Every Police Officer, who loses or damages his rifle bayonet, or any part thereof,
shall report such loss or damage without delay to the officer commanding his party. A report
shall be submitted immediately in writing to the Lines Officer, who will inform the
Superintendent of Police without delay. An enquiry shall be made immediately in accordance
with instructions laid down in rule 6.22. In the event of the loss of a rifle,
rifle-bolt or musket-bolt the police officer directly responsible shall be suspended until
the orders of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police are received on the report of the
Committee of Enquiry. Any police officer, who fails to report forthwith the loss of a rifle
or rifle-bolt by a man under his command, shall be suspended and charged with neglect
of duty. An officer, to whom the report of such loss is made, shall immediately take all
possible steps for the recovery of the rifle or bolt.
Rule 6.10
6.10. Custody and care of arms. (1) All arms, when not in use, shall be kept in racks
in the armoury or other place appointed for the purpose. In the lines the kot head constable,
under the direct and personal supervision of Lines Officer; at police stations, the
station clerk, under the supervision of the officer in charge of the police station; and at all
other places the officer in command of the detachment shall be directly responsible for the
custody and care of all arms borne on charge and for the correctness of all issues and receipts.
(2) Detailed instructions for the cleaning of rifles, muskets and bayonets are contained
in Appendix 6.10(2). The individual police officer to whom a weapon is issued shall be
responsible for cleaning it according to these instructions before and after use. The periodical
cleaning and oiling of arms not in use shall be done by fatigues told off for the
purpose. The "pull off" of all rifles and muskets shall be tested annually.