Entries in punishment book

(1) In the punishment book to be prescribed, every punishment inflicted shall be recorded with the name of the prisoners. register number and the class (whether habitual or not) to which he belongs, the prison offence of which he was guilty, the date on which such prison offence was committed. the number of previous prison offences recorded against the prisoner and the date of his last prison offence, the punishment awarded and the date of infliction. (2) In the case of every serious prison offence, the names of the witnesses proving the offence shall be recorded and in case of offences for which serious punishment is awarded, the Superintendent shall record the substance of the evidence of the witnesses, the defence of the prisoner and the finding with the reasons therefore. (3) Against the entries relating to each punishment the Jailer and the Superintendent shall affix their initials as evidence of the correctness of the entries.