Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

108 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 6
a quarter, and, after reconciling any errors or discrepancies he may find, certify on the registers
that he has done so and that the accounts are correct and the ammunition shown
therein is actually present. In other districts this check shall be carried out by a gazetted
officer twice a year.
Rule 6.20
6.20. Component parts and stores. - The Equipment Tables show the component
parts and stores authorized for the repair and maintenance of arms. Armourer’s tools and
materials shall be kept in each district according to tables 4 and 5, replacements being obtained
as required in accordance with rule 6.25. Tables 7, 8, 9 and 11 show the description
and scale of component parts and stores for the periodical cleaning and overhaul of arms
and their accessories, which each district is required to maintain.
(2) Tools and stores for lubrication, etc., shall be kept by the armourer and checked at
least once a year by means of the Equipment Tables by a gazetted officer. Components
shall be kept in locked cabinets in charge of the kot head constable. Issues from the stock
of components shall be made to the armourer only on the authority of a gazetted officer
(vide rule 6.21 below). A stock book of component parts shall be kept in form 6.20(2) by
the kot head constable, by means of which the components on charge shall be checked and
annual and other replacement indents prepared. The authority for each issue shall be
noted in the register and, when the cost of components is recovered from individuals the
entry shall be in red ink.
Rule 6.21
6.21. Care and repair of arms. - (1) In every district one or more qualified armourers
(according to the establishment sanctioned in each case) shall be entertained, and the Superintendent
shall be responsible that their efficiency is maintained. All such armourers
shall be maintained at an Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Establishment
and shall be sent under arrangements to be made with the nearest Brigadier I.E.M.E., for
refresher courses from time to time. Armourers are required to know the names and uses
of all components, tools and stores referred to in rule 6.20 above and to be able to carry
out all replacements of components, minor repairs, special cleaning and periodical lubrication
of arms and accessories held on charge in the district.
(2) The components shown in table 9 shall be maintained only in those districts where
the armourer is fully competent to repair revolvers. In other districts repairable revolvers
shall be sent to the arsenal.
(3) Ordinary replacements of components lost or damaged in the course of duty with
arms, and losses of ammunition not exceeding 5 rounds in any one case, may be replaced
on the authority of a gazetted officer, who shall in each case prepare a loss statement in
I.A.F.A. - 498 and pass orders whether the cost of repairs is to be borne by Government
or by the individual police officer responsible. In the latter case an order for the recovery
of the sum involved (ascertainable from the priced vocabulary of Ordnance Stores) shall
be issued in the order book, and recovery shall be made in the acquittance roll of the pay
next due to the officer concerned.
(4) Whenever a weapon is seriously damaged, i.e., when its repair involves more than
the replacement of a loss or leakage such as might occur in normal use - a committee of
enquiry under rule 6.22 below shall be held.
Rule 6.22
6.22. Procedure when arms are lost or seriously damaged. - (1) When any weapon
forming part of police armament is lost or seriously damaged or when ammunition or
fired cases, exceeding five in any one case, are lost, a committee of three officers, of
whom at least one shall be a gazetted officer, shall be appointed by the Superintendent to
enquire into the circumstances under which the weapon was lost or damaged and to decide
whether the cost of replacement shall be borne by the Government or otherwise.