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Internal Security (Detained Persons) Order, 1964 · s 21

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s 21

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a a comp amt or app ications to complaints, make is allowed to make them, and that the Med-etc.

ical Officer's instructions are carried into effect, and the Superintendent shall pay special attention to those detained persons who are in hospital or are undergoing punishment.

22 .:( 1)

The food of detained persons shall be in Diet .scale

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accordance with the scales set out hereto or such ᪽᪽᪽᪽i᪽.ectlOn 327

other diet scales as may from time to time be approved by the Mentri Besar on the recommenda­

tions of the State Medical Officer.

(2)

A Superintendent shall, from time to time, and not less than once a week, visit the detained persons and shall enquire into any complaints that may be made regarding the rations and take im­

mediate action to remove the cause of such com­

plaint which appears to be justified.

The Super­

intendent shall ensure that foodstuffs are of good quality and every detained person receives the rations to which he is entitled by law and no devia­

tion from the authorised scale is permitted except by the written authority of the Medical Officer.

(3)

Copy of the diet scales shall be displayed ill some conspicious part of the place of detention.

(4)

Scales and standard rates and measures shall be provided for weighing the food supplied to de­

tained persons.

( 5)

A detained person ordered to be kept on punishment diet shall have substituted for his ordinary diet the punishment diets as prescribed unless otherwise ordered by the Medical Officer.

Inspection of 23.

The

Superintendent or the next senior foodstuffs.

officer shall daily inspect and superintend the issuing of the detained persons' meals and whenever pos­

sible, shall weigh the rations supplied to the detained persons when delivered by the contractor.

A record shall be made of such check in a book kept for such purpose.

Rations to be in accordance with diet scales.