THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, STH MARCH, 1884.
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Any approval given by the Governor in respect of a cell may be withdrawn on such alteration taking place in such cell as to render the approval, in his opinion, inapplicable thereto, and upon an approval in respect of a cell being withdrawn, that cell shall cease to be an approved cell for the purposes of this Ordinance.
8. Hard labour for the purposes of sentences of impri- sonment with hard labour or penal servituude shall be of two classes, consisting, 1st, of work at the tread wheel, shot drill, crank, capstan, stone-breaking, or such other like description of hard bodily labour as may be appointed by the Governor, which work is hereinafter referred to as hard labour of the first class; 2ully, of such other description of bodily labour as may be appointed by the Governor, which work is hereinafter referred to as hard labour of the second class; and in every prison where prisoners sentenced to hard labour or penal servitude are confined, adequate means shall be provided for enforcing hard labour in Recordance with the regulations of this Ordinance; but prisoners may be employed in bard labour of the second class outside the walls of the prison under the control of a prison officer belonging to such prison, and employment in the necessary services of the prison may, in the case of a limited number of prisoners, to be selected by the Superintendent as a reward for industry and good behaviour, be deemed to be hard labour of the second class.
9. In every prison, prisoners convicted of misdemeanor, and not sentenced to hard labour, shall be divided into at least two divisions, one of which shall be called the first division; and whenever any person convicted of misde- meanor is sentenced to imprisonment without hard labour, the Court or Judge before whom such person has been tried may order, if such Court or Judge thinks fit, that such person shall be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division, and a misdemeanant of the first division shall not be deemed to be a criminal prisoner within the meaning of this Ordinance. Every person imprisoned under any rule, order, or attachment for contempt of Court shall be treated as a misdemeanent of the first division.
10. Every person who aids any prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape from any prison, or who, with intent 10 facilitate the escape of any prizouer, 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 on conviction he sentenced to im- prisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding two years.
11. Every person who, contrary to the regulations of the prisons, brings or attempts by any means whatever to introduce into any prison any spirituous or fermented liquor or tobacco or opium, and every oflicer of a prison who suffers any spirituous or fermented liquor or tobacco or opium to be sold or used therein, contrary to the prison regulations, on conviction shall be sentenced to imprison- ment for a form not exceeding six months, or to a penalty not execeding twenty pounds, or both in the discretion of the Court, and every oflleer of a prison convicted under this section shall, in addition to any other punishment, forfeit his office and all arrears of salary due to him.
12. Every person who, contrary to the regulations of a prison, conveys or attempts to convey any letter or other document, or any article whilever not allowed by such regulations into or out of any prison, shall ou conviction incur a penalty not exceeding tou ponnis, and, if an officer of the prison, shall forfeit his office and all arrears of salary due to him, but this section shall not apply in cases where the offender is liable to a more severe punishment under any other provision of this Ordinance.
13. The Superintendent shall cause to be affixed in a conspicuous place outside the prison a notice setting forth the penalties that will be inenried by persons committing any offence in contravention of the three preceding sections, 14. It shall be the duty of the Corener to hold an in- quest on the body of every prisoner who may die within a prison, and in nó ense sind! any officer of the prison, or any prisoner confied in the prison, or any person engaged in any sort of trade or dealing with the prison, be a Jurer on such inquest.
15. If any suit or action is prosecuted against any person for any thing done in pucance of this Ordinance, such person may pload that 11
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