6. Officers of prisons.
For every prison there shall be a Superintendent, a Medical Officer (who may also be the Superintendent), a Medical Subordinate, a Jailer and such other officers as the State Government thinks necessary :
Provided that 1[the State Government of Bombay] may 2*** declare by order in writing that in any prison specified in the order the office of Jailer shall be held by the person appointed to be Superintendent.
1. See no w th e Code o f Crimin al Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 o f 1974).
2. See now the Prisoners Act, 1900 (3 of 1900).