95. No subordinate officer shall unnecessarily converse with a prisoner, nor shall he by word, gesture, or demeanour, do anything which may tend to irritate a prisoner. He shall not allow any familiarity on the part of prisoners towards himself or any other officer of the prison, nor shall he on any account speak of his duties, or of any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within hearing of the prisoners.
96. No officer shall, without the permission of the Superintendent, bring in or carry out, or knowingly allow to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner, any money, clothing, provisions, 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 suspended 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.
97. 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.
98. 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.
99. No subordinate officer shall punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent or Chief Warder.
100. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three months of his service; 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.
101. No officer of the prison shall smoke or chew tobacco while on duty, or take tobacco inside the inner gate of the prison.
102. 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 regulations 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.
103. All officers shall conduct themselves in an orderly and respectable manner when off duty.
104. 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.
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