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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MARCH, 19ME
Religious services.
Application
of general rules.
Power to Assistant
204. Prisoners for debt shall not be compelled to attend any religious services except those of their own church or persuasion; but, subject to the foregoing provision, they shall attend divine service on Sundays, and on other days when such. service is performed, unless prevented by illness or excused by the Assistant Superintendent for any other reason.
GENERAL.
205. Prisoners for debt shall also be subject to all general rules, except so far as the same are inconsistent with the special rules relating to prisoners for debt.
206. The Assistant Superintendent, before Superintend- granting any permission which by these rules ent to with he is authorized or required to grant, shall draw privile-
satisfy himself that it can be granted without ges.
interfering with the security, good order, and government of the prison and prisoners therein; and if, after it has been granted, its continuance seems likely to cause any such interference, or if the prisoner has abused such permission, or has been guilty of any misconduct, he shall have power to suspend or withdraw such permission.
Power to be classed as juvenile Offenders.
Separation
JUVENILE OFFENDERS UNDER CONVICTION.
207-(1.) Every prisoner under the age of 16 shall be classed as a juvenile offender.
(2.) Any prisoner who declares himself to be more than 16 years of age, but who in the opinion of the Assistant Superintendent and Me- dical Officer should not, having regard to his character, constitution, and antecedents, properly be classed with adult prisoners, shall also be classed as a juvenile offender.
208. A juvenile offender shall at all times be from adult kept apart from adult prisoners, with whom he shall not on any occasion be allowed to come into contract.
prisoners.
Employment and instruc- tion.
Discharge of juvenile offender.
209.—(1.) Ajuvenile offender shall be allowed special library books and books of instruction from the time of his reception and throughout his sentence.
(2.) He may be employed in association with other juvenile offenders in workshops.
(3.) He shall as far as possible be instructed in a trade which may be useful to him on release.
(4.) He shall, if medically fit, beexercised twice daily with a view to his physical development.
210. Before a juvenile offender is discharged the Assistant Superintendent shall inform his rela- tives and friends on what day and at what time he will be discharged, that they may have the opportunity of attending to receive him, but if such relatives or friends are known to be bringing him up in evil courses then the Assistant Super- intendent may with the sanction of the Governor abstain from informing his relatives, if some other respectable person, to be approved by the Gov- ernor, is willing to take care of him and the prisoner consents.