Section 21
Duties of gate-keeper.
About this Act
An Act to extend the Indian Easements Act, 1882, to certain areas in which that Act is not in force.
The officer acting as gate-keeper, or any other officer of the prison, may
examine anything carried in or out of the prison, and may stop and search or cause to be searched any
person suspected of bringing any prohibited article into or out of the prison, or of carrying out any
property belonging to the prison, and, if any such article or property be found, shall give immediate notice
thereof to the Jailer.