are prohibited by the Superintendent for misconduct; but no prohibition shall be made for a period longer than one month from the time of the prisoner's last report.
224. The days and hours for visits to the prisoners shall be fixed by the Superintendent and shall be publicly notified at the gates of the prison.
225.--If any prisoner is committed to prison in default of the payment of any sum which, in pursuance of any conviction or order, he is required to pay, such prisoner shall be allowed to communicate by letter with and to see any of his friends at any reasonable time, for the sole purpose of providing for the payment which would procure his release from prison.
226.--In case of very serious illness, a prisoner will be allowed to see their relations, if not objected to on medical grounds.
227.--The visits of prisoners' friends will in no case be allowed to exceed fifteen minutes, and will always be made in the presence of an officer of the prison.
228.--Officers of Police may visit prisoners for the purpose of identification, on production of an order from the Police, or with Magisterial authority.
229.--Officers of the Law, with competent warrants, or orders for serving writs or other legal process on persons within the prison, shall be admitted into the prison for that purpose.
230.--All prisoners may petition the Governor once shortly after conviction if they wish, but not afterwards unless there are any special circumstances which the Superintendent may consider should be brought to the notice of the Governor, or unless such prisoner has been over two years in Gaol.
236.--Prisoners detained as dangerous or vicious characters, with previous convictions, who cannot find security, shall be locked in their cells. They shall keep their cells and cell utensils perfectly clean at all times, and shall have one hour's exercise daily.
237.--Male and female prisoners shall always be so confined as to prevent the former from seeing, conversing with, or holding any intercourse with the latter.
238.--A light shall be kept burning constantly throughout the night in every ward or division of the Gaol in which prisoners shall be confined, but such light shall not be placed within reach of the prisoners.
WOMEN.
239.--No Male subordinate Officer shall enter the Women's Prison, unless ordered there specially by the Superintendent or Warden, or summoned by the Matron for the purpose of quelling a disturbance, or of giving other assistance.
240. So far as practicable, Female prisoners shall be divided into classes, and separated similarly to the Male prisoners.
241.--They shall keep their cells, yard, and wards perfectly clean at all times.
242.--Authorised interviews between Female prisoners and their friends must take place in the presence of the Matron or other Officer of the prison.
243.--Female prisoners shall be employed at No. 2 Hard Labour with regard to washing their own clothes, and at No. 3 Light Labour.
244.--The child of a female prisoner may be received into prison with its mother, provided it is at the breast; and any such child shall not be taken from its mother until the Surgeon certifies that it is in a fit condition to be removed.
245.--Such child may be supplied with such diet and clothing as may be necessary, at the public expense; but, except under special circumstances, no such child shall be kept in prison after it has arrived at the age of twelve months.
281.--No visitor shall be admitted until he has given his name and address, and stated his relationship to or connection with the prisoner he wishes to see, and these particulars shall be duly recorded.
232.--No visits shall be made on a Sunday, except in cases of emergency.
233.--Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude, who have served two years, and are six months clear of report, may receive a visit every six months, and write and receive one letter every two months.
234.--The prisoners shall be locked in their cells, at the discretion of the Superintendent, on Sundays and other days when they are not doing labour; care being taken that they have at least one hour's exercise daily.
235.--Prisoners sentenced to fourteen days and under will be locked in their cells the whole of their sentence, with the exception of half an hour's daily exercise.
PRISONERS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
246.--In all cases when sentence of death has been passed on a prisoner, the Warden shall cause him to be thoroughly searched, and shall remove from him any article which it is considered dangerous or inexpedient for him to retain in his possession.
247.--Every prisoner sentenced to death shall be confined in some safe place within the prison, apart from all other prisoners, and shall be placed under the constant charge and observation of an Officer of the prison, both by day and night.
248.--The cell or room in which a prisoner condemned to death is placed shall be previously examined by the Superintendent, who is to satisfy himself of its fitness and safety, and record the result of his examination in his journal.
249.--The prisoner may be visited by his relations, friends, and legal advisers, at his own request; no other person shall have access to him except the Officers of the Gaol, and, if required by him, a Minister of the religion to which the prisoner belongs.
250.--All executions are to take place at the time appointed by the Governor. The Superintendent of the Gaol will be present and superintend every execution.
251.--If any person make it appear to a Justice of the Peace that he has important business to transact with the prisoner, such Justice may grant permission in writing to such person to have a conference with the prisoner.
252.--During the preparation for an execution, and the time of the execution, no person shall enter the Prison who is not legally entitled to do so, unless in pursuance of an order in writing from the Superintendent. The officers superintending the execution shall, if possible, be decently clothed in black.
PRISON OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS.
253.--No prisoner shall be punished under the provisions of the Prisons Ordinance of 188..., either by the Superintendent, or by the Superintendent in conjunction with a Visiting Justice, until he has had an opportunity of hearing the charges and evidence against him, and of making his defence.
254.--Prisoners are bound to obey the orders of the Superintendent, Warden, and of the subordinate Officers who shall be placed over them from time to time.
255.--Prisoners are strictly forbidden to have in possession, or to attempt to receive money, tobacco, opium, flint, steel, iron, implements, string, immoral books, or any articles not allowed to them by the rules of the Prison, or permitted by the Superintendent, and they are not to conceal any articles of food about their persons, or in any ward or cell.
256.--No punishment or privation of any kind shall be awarded except by the Superintendent, or by the Superintendent in conjunction with a Visiting Justice.
257.--The following acts are declared to be offences against Prison discipline :-
1. Disobedience of the Regulations of the Prison by any prisoner.
2. Common assault by one prisoner on another.
3. Profane cursing and swearing, and obscene language by any prisoner.
4. Indecent behaviour by any prisoner.
5. Insulting or threatening language by any prisoner, to any Officer or prisoner.
6. Idleness or negligence at work by any convicted criminal prisoner.
7. Wilful mismanagement of work by any convicted criminal prisoner.
8. Disorderly conduct by any prisoner.