Power to make rules

[The Government] may make rules consistent with this Act,--

1. (1) defining the acts which shall constitute prison-offences ;
2. (2) determining the classification of prison-offences into serious and minor offences ;
3. (3) fixing the punishment admissible under the Act which shall be awardable for commission of prison-offences or classes thereof ;
4. (4) declaring the circumstances in which act constituting both prison-offence and an offence under the Ranbir Penal Code may or may not be dealt with as a prison-offence ;
5. (5) for the award of marks and the shortening of sentences ;
6. (6) regulating the use of arms against any prisoner or body of prisoners in the case of an outbreak or attempt to escape ;
7. (7) defining the circumstances and regulating the conditions under which prisoners in danger of death may be released ;
8. (8) regulating there transfer from one part of the state to another of prisoners whose term of transportation or imprisonment is about to expire ; and
9. (9) generally for carrying into effect the purposes of this Act.