24. Prisoners to be examined on admission. – (1) Whenever a person is admitted into prison, he shall be searches and all weapons and prohibited articles shall be taken from him. (2) Every criminal prisoner shall also, as soon as possible after admission, be examined under the general or special orders of the Medical Officer, who shall enter or cause to be entered in a book, to be kept by the Jailer, a record of that state of the prisoner’s health and of any wounds or marks on his person, the class of labour he is fit for, if sentenced to rigorous imprisonment, and any observations which the Medical Officer thinks fit to add. (3) In the case of female prisoners the search and examination shall be carried out by the Matron under the general or special order of the Medical Officer.
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