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PRISON.
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(2) Prisoners undergoing hard labour may, in the discretion of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, be employed, under the control of officers belonging to the prison, on such public works outside the walls of the prison as the Governor may from time to time approve.
10.(1.) 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.
Misdemeanants of the 1st and 2nd divisions.
c. 126 s. 67.
(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, 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.
(3) Every person imprisoned under any rule, order, or attachment for contempt of Court shall be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division.
11. Every person who-
Escaping, or attempting or aiding to escape, from prison.
(1.) escapes or attempts to escape from any prison or from legal custody
(2.) aids any prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape from any prison or legal custody
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, on conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding two years.
Ib. s. 37.
"prison."
Ib. s. 38.
ord.
12.(1.) Every person who, contrary to any prison rule or regulation, introduces or attempts by any means whatever to introduce, into any prison, any spirituous or fermented liquor, or tobacco, or opium, and every officer of a prison who, contrary to any prison rule or regulation, suffers any spirituous or fermented liquor, or tobacco, or opium to be sold or used therein, shall, on conviction, be sentenced to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, or to both, in the discretion of the Court.
(2) Any officer of a prison convicted under this section shall, in addition to any other punishment, forfeit his office.
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13. Every person who, contrary to any prison rule or regulation, conveys or attempts to convey any letter or other document, or any article whatever not allowed by such rules or regulations, into or out of any prison, shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and, if an officer of the prison, shall forfeit his office.
Ib. s. 39.
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