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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 2, 1932.
Regulation
of hard labour.
Misdemean- ants of the first and second divisions.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 126, s. 67.
Escaping, or attempting or aiding to escape, from prison or legal
custody.
(2) Every approved cell shall be distinguished by a number or mark placed in a conspicuous position.
(3) No cell approved by the Governor shall be altered without his consent.
9.-(1) Hard labour, for the purposes of sentences of imprisonment with hard labour, shall be of such classes, character and description as may be appointed by rules made by the Governor in Council.
(2) Every prisoner in any prison may, in the discretion of the Superintendent of Prisons, be employed under the control of prison officers on such work outside the prison as the Governor may approve: Provided that no person shall be so employed without his consent unless he has been sentenced to hard labour.
10.—(1) In every prison prisoners convicted of mis- demeanor, and not sentenced to hard labour, shall be divided into at least two divisions, one of which shall be called the first division.
(2) Whenever any person convicted of misdemeanor is sentenced to imprisonment without hard labour, the court or judge before whom such person has been tried may order that such person shall be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division, and misdemeanant of the first division shall not be deemed to be a criminal prisoner within the meaning of this Ordinance.
(3) Every person imprisoned under any rule, order or attachment for contempt of court shall be treated as a mis- demeanant of the first division.
11. Every person who:-
(1) escapes or attempts to escape from any prison or from legal custody; or
(2) aids any prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape 28 & 29 Vict. from any prison or from legal custody; or,
c. 126, s. 37.
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articles into
(3) with intent to facilitate the escape of any prisoner, conveys or causes to be conveyed into any prison any mask, dress or other disguise, or any letter, or any other article or thing,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.
12.-1) No intoxicating liquor, opium or other drug, of prohibited tobacco, money, clothing, provisions, letters, papers, books prisons, or any other article whatsoever shall be brought, thrown or in any manner introduced or conveyed into any prison, or conveyed to any prisoner while in custody outside the prison, or carried out of the prison, unless such use be authorized by the prison rules or by the Superintendent of Prisons.
(2) Every person who contravenes or attempts to contravene any of the provisions of this section, and every officer of a prison who knowingly permits any contravention of this section, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
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