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[Subsidiary]
Possession of food. L.N. 65/69. Quantity of food. L.N. 353/81. Complaints as to food supplied. Obedience to directions as to cleanliness. Prisoner's urine for examination. L.N. 2/74. Duty to keep cells, rooms or dormitories, utensils, etc., clean. L.N. 353/81. Compulsory exercise.
CAP. 234] Prison Rules [1986 Ed.
31. No prisoner shall receive or have in his possession any food otherwise than in accordance with the dietary scales approved by the Governor except―
(a) in special circumstances with the permission of the Commissioner; or
(b) on the recommendation of the Medical Officer if a variation of diet is desirable on medical grounds for any individual prisoner.
32. Except on the written recommendation of the Medical Officer in the case of a prisoner who persistently wastes his food or on medical grounds by direction of the Medical Officer no prisoner shall have less food than is provided in the normal prison diet.
33. Every prisoner who has any complaint to make regarding the food furnished to him, or who wishes his food to be weighed or measured in order to ascertain whether he is supplied with the prescribed quantity, shall make his complaint immediately his food is handed to him, and it shall be weighed or measured in his presence and in that of the officer deputed for that purpose.
(e) Health and Cleanliness
34. Every prisoner shall obey such directions as regards washing, bathing, shaving and hair cutting as may from time to time be prescribed.
34A. The Medical Officer, or a Chief Officer, Principal Officer or Nurse, authorized by the Medical Officer, may require a prisoner to submit, within a reasonable period, a specimen of his urine for examination and analysis.
35. Every prisoner shall keep his cell, room or dormitory, his utensils, books, and other articles issued for his use, and his clothing and bedding, clean and neatly arranged, as may be ordered.
36. (1) Every prisoner unless excused by the Medical Officer on medical grounds shall take such exercise as may be ordered.
(2) Whenever in the opinion of the Superintendent it is desirable either in the interests of a prisoner or in the interests of prison discipline, that a prisoner should perform his labour in a cell, the Superintendent may order him to do so; and in such case he shall perform such labour as can be suitably performed in a cell.
(3) The Superintendent shall report to the Commissioner every order given under the provisions of paragraph (2), and at the expiry of each calendar month's confinement the Commissioner shall review such order and, if he considers it desirable, direct that the prisoner returns to work in association.