Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

Arms and Ammunition 105
(3) Every police officer is personally responsible for the safe custody and care of every
weapon, or accessory thereto, issued to him, until it is returned to the custody of the officer
responsible for issuing it, as prescribed in sub-rule (1) above.
Rule 6.11 Revolvers
6.11 Revolvers. (1) Notwithstanding anything in rule 6.10 above, a police officer to
whom a Government revolver has been issued shall be personally responsible for its custody
and care at all times, save when he shall have disposed of it as provided in sub-rule
(3) below, when proceeding on leave.
(2) In addition to the record maintained in Part II of the Arms Distribution Register, the
number and make of the revolver issued to an upper subordinate shall be entered in his
character roll.
(3) When an officer to whom a revolver has been issued ceases to be a police officer,
or ceases to belong to a rank to which revolvers are issued, or proceeds on leave other than
casual leave, he shall return the revolver issued to him, together with all equipment, ammunition
and accessories issued to him with such revolver, to the Lines Officer for deposit
in the headquarters armoury.
(Note :- Each revolver on charge shall be fitted with a khaki cord lanyard of approved pattern at
the cost of the equipment fund).
Rule 6.12
6.12. Ammunition - scale of. - Ammunition for arms held by the Police is authorized
on the scales shown in the "Equipment Table, Civil Police and Jails". The allotment
shown in table 2 is "service" ammunition; that shown in table 11 is the annual or "practice"
supply.
6.13. Distribution of ammunition. - (1) The primary division of ammunition on
charge is into "service" and "practice" stocks, according to the scales referred to in rule
6.12 above.
(2) Ammunition shall be supplied from the "service" stock to police stations, outposts,
and standing guards where muskets are kept at the scale of ten rounds ball and five rounds
buckshot per musket. At police stations and outposts the whole of these stock shall be
kept ordinarily in a locked box in the store room, issues being made as required for use.
At guards ten rounds ball shall be issued to each head constable and constable of the guard
and shall be carried in a pouch, and the stock of buck-shot ammunition shall be kept in a
locked box in charge of the guard commander, to be issued only when required for use.
Buckshot ammunition shall also be issued to escorts at five rounds per musket.
Each police sentry who is armed with a musket and his relief shall carry in his expense
pouch three rounds of buckshot ammunition.
(3) The remainder of the "service" stock and the whole of the "practice" stock, except
the expense stock referred to in rule 6.14 shall be kept in the magazine.
(4) The total stock of ammunition of all kinds, with the divisions and distribution of
each class, shall be shown in each district in a statement to be countersigned by the Deputy
Inspector-General of Police and hung up in the magazine and in the office of the Superintendent
of Police. Relevant extracts from this statement shall be supplied to each police
station, etc., having ammunition on charge.
(5) The Superintendent of Police may, in case of need, temporarily alter the amount of
service ammunition kept at any place, but all such alterations shall be reported to the Deputy
Inspector-General of Police.
Rule 6.14
6.14. "Expense" stock. - (1) A small stock, the amount of which shall be fixed for
each district with the approval of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, and shall not ordinarily
exceed one full box, shall, in the case of the following classes of ammunition, be