Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

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(8) The person in charge of the magazine shall be responsible that the magazine is well
and securely locked.
(9) No unauthorised person shall at any time be admitted into the magazine.
(10) The following shall be hung up in the magazine :-
(a) A copy of these rules.
(2) The statement required by rule 6.13(4).
(3) A certificate showing the last date of testing of the lightning conductor.
(11) The Superintendent of Police shall make at least one unexpected inspection of the
magazine under his charge every half year to see that the above rules are being complied
with.
APPENDIX No. 6.17(B)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION AND TEST AND STORAGE OF
S.A. AMMUNITION ON CHARGE OR POLICE UNITS
General Instructions
1. Small arms ammunition may be divided into two categories as follows :-
(a) Ammunition in sealed boxes and in open boxes with their labels intact.
(b) Pouch or lose ammunition which cannot be identified by make and date.
Category A. - (a) Ammunition in this category may be considered serviceable without
test up to five years from date of manufacture provided that the boxes are intact
and have not been subjected to bad storage conditions. The five years limit
may be extended indefinitely provided that the ammunition has been used for
practice and has given satisfactory result within the last twelve months.
(b) Ammunition over five years old which has not been used for practice within the
last twelve months, or ammunition in boxes which appear to have been subjected
to adverse storage conditions as indicated by rusty linings, etc., will be
examined and subjected to a firing test.
A sample box from each make and date of manufacture will be opened. The cartridges
will be examined visually for evidence of verdigris around the can and
other signs of deterioration. Twenty rounds will be fired from each of 2 rifles
or muskets into a bank of earth or other safe place to test for missfires, hangfires;
split cases, pierced caps bursts, etc.
(c) If the ammunition looks good and fires without failure, it is serviceable.
If the ammunition looks good and gives a missfire, marked hangfire, pierced cap,
burst case, split extending to within one inch of the case, or a detached base disc,
a re-test in different weapons will be carried out. If in the re-test, any of the
above defects occur, the ammunition is unserviceable. If no defects occur at the
re-test, the ammunition is serviceable.
If the ammunition looks doubtful, showing slight verdigris only, and if it passes firing
test, it is serviceable. If any defect occurs at the firing test, it is unserviceable,
proved the rifle or musket is known to be above suspicion.
If the ammunition looks bad showing marked verdigris around the cap, is unserviceable.
The examination and test of the sample covers the remaining ammunition of the
same make and date except when there is reason to believe that the box opened
is not representative of the rest. In that case it will be necessary to examine and
test the ammunition from each box.
Note 1 :- When the number of boxes of one make and date is ten or under, they may be grouped