A censure shall be recorded in the character roll of a police officer only under the following conditions :- (i) Censures shall be supported by a formal order in the order book. (ii) No censure shall be recorded by an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police, without the prior approval of the Superintendent, in the character roll of any officer whom he is not empowered under rule 16.1(2) to punish. (iii) A District Magistrate is authorised, subject to the limitations prescribed in clause (iv) below, to record a censure in the character roll of any enrolled police officer. (iv) A censure, whether recorded by a District Magistrate or a police officer, is required to be confined to facts and deductions from such facts. Statements or expressions of opinion amounting to charges of a kind which, if proved, would involve a major punishment shall not be so recorded. Such statements should form the basis of a formal enquiry at which the officer against whom they are made has the opportunity of making his defence. Their record in character rolls ex parte is prohibited.