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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST OCTOBER, 1891.
93. No officer shall without the permission of the Superintendent, bring in or carry out, br knowingly allow to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner, any money, clothing, pro- visions, tobacco, letters, papers, or other articles whatsoever; or shall give, or cause to be given to any prisoner such articles; and any officer who infringes this rule shall be forthwith sus- pended from his office by the Superintendent, who shall report his case to the Governor that the offender may be dealt with under sections 11 and 12 of The Prison Ordinance, 1885.
94. If they can be spared subordinate officers may be allowed leave on Saturday afternoon after the prisoners are locked in their cells, and on Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Government Holidays, and at other times when they can be spared.
95. Any officer, on entering the Prison Service, may be employed in any part of the Colony, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ him.
96. No subordinate officer shall punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent.
97. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three months of his ser- vice; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expiration of three months unless the officer has proved himself in all respects fitted for the post.
98. No officer of the Prison shall smoke or chew tobacco while on duty, or take tobacco inside the inner gate of the Prison.
99. Every subordinate officer of the Prison who shall fail to exercise a proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or to perform any duty enforced upon him by the re- gulations of the Prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey, neglect or evade, or permit to be disobeyed, neglected, or evaded, any rule, regulation, or order, lawfully made and provided in respect of such Prison, shall be liable to be dealt with by the Superintendent under Rule No. 2.
100. The subordinate officers shall conduct themselves in an orderly and respectable manner at all times when off duty.
101. When on duty subordinate officers shall appear neatly dressed in the uniform of the Prison, Uniforms will be supplied to them half-yearly, viz., two suits white summer clothing, with boots, helmet and puggarees in May; and one cloth suit, with boots and cap in November. They will be supplied with an overcoat every fourth year.
102. Subordinate officers suspended from duty and afterwards restored to their situations shall not receive any pay for the time during which they shall have been suspended, except by special order of the Governor.
103. All subordinate officers, on being relieved from any particular duty, or transferred to another
part of the Prison, shall point out to their succes- sors all matters of special importance connected with their duties, and explain any directions of the Superintendent, or other superior officer, affecting any particular prisoner.
104. Any subordinate officer disabled from the regular performance of his duties by illness shall report the same to the Colonial Surgeon, who will, if necessary, order his removal to the Government Civil Hospital; and during the time he is there he shall conform to the Rules of that Establishment, and pay such charges as may be claimed for his maintenance and treatment.
105, No officer shall directly or indirectly
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any interest in any contract or supply con- nected with the Prison nor shall he receive, under any pretence whatever, any fee or gratuity from any person connected with such contract or supply.
106. All officers of the Prison shall be liable to dismissal for improper conduct
107. Officers confined to Hospital or other- wise incapacitated from duty from venereal disease or other cause arising from their own indiscretion shall forfeit half their pay during the period of their being so incapacitated.
SURGEON.
108. The Surgeon shall have the medical charge of all the prisoners in the Prison, and of. their treatment when sick. He shall also give medical advice and assistance, including medicine, to the officers of the Prison and their families. He shall report from time to time, as may be directed, upon the sanitary condition of the Prison, and health of the prisoners and the Prison officers, and in reference to any other point in connection with the maintenance of health in the Prison upon which he may be directed to report.
109. The Surgeon shall visit the Prison Hos- pital every morning (and oftener if necessary) and attend to both the complaining sick and those in the Hospital. He shall inspect the newly adınitted prisoners and pass them for Hard Labour or otherwise. He shall visit the punish- ment cells, and see the prisoners confined therein, as also all prisoners before they are put on Penal Diet.
110. The Surgeon shall attend without delay at the Prison at any hour on being summoned by the Superintendent, who shall be responsible for the reasonableness of the summons.
111. The Surgeon shall enter in a Journal to be kept in the Prison-
(a.) Any observations or suggestions he may deem it important to make on the diet of prisoners not in Hospital. (b.) A short daily record of any sick pri-
soners under his treatment, whether they are in Hospital or not, their names, the nature of their complainta, and the treatment pursued.