Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

106 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 6
issued from the "practice" stock in the magazine to the charge of the kot head constable
to be kept by him in the armoury as the "expense" stock, viz., cartridges ball. 410 bore;
buck shot. 410 bore; blank M.H. and blank. 303 inch. ‘Ball ammunition. 303 may be issued
in the expense stock and stored elsewhere than in the magazine, provided that orders
regulating the amount to be thus issued and stored, and the place and manner of storage,
shall be countersigned and confirmed by Deputy Inspector- General of Police in respect
of Districts and Recruits Training Centres and by the Commandant, Provincial Armed
Police, Assistant Inspector-General, Government Railway Police and Principal, Police
Training School, in respect of their respective commands. In computing the number of
rounds it is necessary to issue any store, due regard must be had to all governing circumstances
and conditions. In no case should the amount exceed two full boxes. Catridges
shell. 303 inch, shall be kept in the expense stock.
(2) From the expense stock, issues shall be made to armed parties proceeding on patrol,
escort and other armed duties and to all parties detailed for practice with blank ammunition
or on the range. If the expense stock is insufficient for the needs of such parties, it
shall be supplemented by an issue from the magazine.
Note :- The "Quarter Guard" being a permanent guard, shall have its own stock of ammunition under
rule 6.13(1) and shall not be supplied from the expense stock.
(3) From the expense stock there shall be kept filled in the armoury so many bandoliers
(40 rounds ball), pouches (10 rounds ball), expense pouches (3 rounds buckshot) as the
Superintendent of Police may by standing order direct, according to the scale considered
necessary in each district for emergencies and or issue to normal daily armed duties. The
remainder of the expense stock shall be kept by the kot head constable in a locked box.
The ammunition kept in pouches shall, however, always be issued on the first opportunity
for expenditure on the range and replenished from the balance of the stock.
(4) The kot head constable shall personally make all issues and receipts and keep the
account of this stock in Form 6.14(4). He shall replenish the stock as required from the
magazine in exchange for a corresponding number of empty cases, damaged or lost
rounds.
Rule 6.15
6.15. Revolver ammunition. - (1) Ammunition is issued free to all officers in possession
of service revolvers on the scale shown in the equipment Tables; in addition all such
officers are allowed to purchase 50 rounds annually from the Ordnance Department at
cost price. Such purchases, except the initial purchase by each officer, as well as all replenishments
of the free issue, must be supported by the deposit of an equivalent number
of empty cases or loss statements in I.A.F. A-498 duly anthenticated in lieu thereof.
(2) Officers are personally responsible for their own ammunition, both that issued to
them free and any which they may purchase. The total stock of revolver ammunition and
its distribution to gazetted and non-gazetted officers will be shown in the statement prescribed
in rule 6.14(4), but no detailed account of it will be kept in the magazine. Any
officer may with the permission of the Superintendent of Police, deposit such proportion
of his revolver ammunition as he may wish for safe custody in the magazine in a box, or
other receptacle, locked or sealed by himself.
(3) Replacement of revolver ammuition expended, whether on service or practice, shall
be made, when supplies are received from the arsenal in compliance with annual or special
indents submitted for the whole district (vide rule 6.25). Empty cases shall be
deposited after each expenditure of ammunition with the kot head constable, who shall
enter the receipt and the name of the officer making the deposit, in the expense stock register.
When cartridges or empty cases are lost, the officer from whose stock they have
been lost shall be responsible for reporting the matter and for having the necessary loss
statement prepared.