Offences by prison subordinates

Every Jailer or officer of a prison subordinate to him who shall be guilty of any violation of duty or willful breach or neglect of any rule or regulations or lawful order made by competent authority or who shall withdraw from duties without permission or without having given previous notice in writing of his intention or who shall willfully overstay any leave granted to him or who shall engage without authority in any employment other than his prison duty or who shall be guilty of cowardice, shall be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding rupees five hundred or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or both.