Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

94 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 5
nate required to maintain a house shall, on first appointment to that rank, be supplied at
the cost of the equipment fund, with a full horse kit of the prescribed pattern. A sword and
S.B. belt shall be similarly supplied.
(2) Upper subordinates appointed before Ist April, 1928 were not issued with horse
equipment, but were required to provide it at their own expense. Officers appointed on
or after that date have been so provided.
All horse equipment provided at the expense of Government is the property of the
equipment fund of the district concerned and shall not be permitted to leave the district.
As funds permit, each district shall acquire the full number of horse equipments required
for upper subordinates of the district. Should any upper subordinate appointed before Ist
April, 1928, be in possession of horse equipment in good condition this may be acquired
by the equipment fund. A survey committee consisting of a gazetted officer and two upper
subordinates shall fix the price with due regard to the age and condition of the
equipment.
Rule 5.10
5.10. Supply of Government cycles. - (1) Government cycles of a standard pattern
for the use of the police department are issued to districts according to their requirements.
The proper care and maintenance of these cycles is of great importance and any loss or
damages concerning them shall receive the same attention as in the case of arms. The
Lines Officer at headquarters, and station house officers and clerks in police stations, shall
be held responsible for reporting all cases, other than punctures and similar running repairs,
which should be put right immediately by the man concerned, of loss or damage to
cycles under their care, and an entry shall be made in the daily diary giving exact details
of the loss or damage. The cycles being a regular part of police equipment, the procedure
prescribed in rule 5.4(2) shall invariably be followed when such cases are reported.
All lower subordinates are expected to be efficient in the use and proper care of a cycle.
Cycles can be freely used for patrolling, process-serving, message carrying and other duties
in which their employment can economize time and man-power. Gazetted Officers
and Inspectors shall pay particular attention to the condition of cycles at their inspections,
both formal and casual, and shall mention the matter in their reports. Expenditure in connection
with the purchase of Government bicycles shall be met from the reserve allotment
at the disposal of the Inspector General under the secondary unit of appropriation - ’Purchase
of bicycles- Audited Contingencies’. Bicycles may also be purchased locally from
the equipment fund with the sanction of the Inspector-General of Police when the funds
under ‘purchase of bicycles’ - Audited Contingencies’ are inadequate. Expenditure on
repairs to bicycles, including the cost of component parts shall be met from the allotment
for "Contract Contingencies". Standing orders shall be issued in every district regarding
the cleaning and maintenance of cycles and shall be strictly enforced.
(2) A History Sheet shall be maintained for each Government cycle in form 5.10(2)
which shall be checked and signed by gazetted police officers and inspectors during their
inspections.
Rule 5.11
5.11. Annual statements of transactions of the equipment fund. - (1)At the end of
each financial year statements in Forms 5.11 and 4.37(1) B, showing the transactions of
the equipment fund for the past twelve months shall be prepared in each district and entered
in the cash-book after the balance for the year in question. A copy of the
Balance-sheet of the Equipment Fund should be submitted to the Inspector-General of
Police.
(2) Deputy Inspectors-General after their inspections of districts shall submit a copy of
their remarks on the condition of the equipment funds to the Inspector-General.