Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
44. The Gaoler may demand the name and address of any visitor to a prisoner; and, when the Gaoler has any ground for suspicion, may search visitors, or cause them to be searched, but the search shall not be in the presence of any prisoner or of another visitor.
In case of any such visitor refusing to be searched, the Gaoler may deny him admission; and the grounds of
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of such proceeding, with the particulars thereof, shall be entered in his journal.
Source: India Code