Governor to
appoint
Visiting Justices. (Ibid, s. 15.)
Release of
prisoner on payment of portion of fine.
Compare 61 and 62 Vic.
c. 41, 8, 9]
Visiting Justices, and for the conditions under which visitors may be allowed in prisons, and for the classification, diet, clothing, maintenance, employinent, discipline, instruction, and correction of prisoners, and the remission of a portion of their sentences, and the granting of gratuities to them and for all other matters relating to prisons, and may "from time to time repeal, alter, or add to such rules: Provided that such rules shall not be inconsistent with anything contained in this Ordinance. The Governor-in-Council shall also have power by such rules to impose aur pauish- ment or penalty whatever which he may think fit for the breach of any such rules. All such cales shall be published in the Government Gazette, and shall from the date of such publication be binding on all persons in the same manner as if they had been contained in this Ordinance.
But every such rule or repeal or alteration of a rule may be disallowed by Her Majesty, and shall thereupon cease to have effect from the date of the publication of such disallowance in the Government Gazette. Until rules shall have been made nnder this section the prison rules and regulations in force at the commencement of this Ordinance shall remain in force so far as they are not inconsistent with anything contained in this Ordinance.
19. The Governor shall from time to time appoint, with their consent, Justices of the Peace to be Visiting Justices for periods to be specified in such appointments.
Visiting Justices shall, during the period for which they are appointed, from time to time at frequent intervals visit all prisons, and hear any complaints which may be made to them by the prisoners, and shall report on any abuses within the prisons, or any repairs that may be required, and shall further take cognisance of any matters of pressing necessity and within the powers of their Commission as Justices, and do such acts and perform such duties in rela- tion to prisons as they may be required to do or perform by the Governor, but subject to the rules with respect to the duties of Visiting Justices to be made by the Governor in Council under this Ordinance.
20. Where a person is committed to prison for non- payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction of any court of summary jurisdiction, then, on payment to The Superintendent of the prison within which he is confined or to such person as such Superintendent may authorize, or to the First Clerk at the Magistracy of any sum in part satisfaction of the sum so adjudged torbe paid, and of any charges for which the prisoner is liable, the term of impri- sonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which the prisoner is sentenced as the sum so paid bears to the sum for which he is so liable: Provided nevertheless that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any sum of money which is ordered to be awarded to any person aggrieved by way of compensa- tion or amends for any injury, damage, or loss to his per- son or property
21. Ordinances 18 of 1885, 13 of 1880, 15 of 1896 and 4 of 1898 are hereby repealed.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hougkong, this 27th
day of February, 1899.
J. G. T. BroKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 7th
day of March, 1899.
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which would be describe as a "busch" of puisin. (4.) Section 12 of this Bill differs from section !! of the old Ordinance mi
giving power to wapter imprisonment either with or without hard labour, and in altering the finally of $20 sterling into or two slight
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penally of #200. There are also one or two
verbal alterations,
(5.) By section 13 the forever funalty of $10 has bun converted into $100.
$100.17
(6 In adapting section X" from the provisions of Ordinance affected by section 2 of Ordinance 15 of 1896.
13 of 1889, as
it has been thought expedient to leave out the followin! words which were contained in bedinanes 13 of 1889. navely, "who is
guilty of any neglect or violation
of duty is his office, or of any disobedience to am rubs made under the provisions & section 107 of Ordinance 18 of 1885."
The reason for leaving
leaving out these words is that special provisims for dealing with the offences
contaried in the omitted unde
The new draft Prison Rules,
18
contauid in
(4.) Section Xoth of the Bill consist of an adaptation of section 14 of the Prisins Ordinance of 1885 with ~ contani additions which are intended to umm
doubts as to whether he rules, which it is propoux to bring into force directly this Ordinance is — passed will be ulta mies or not. The second antince
of this section is
new and is included li confer
J. U. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.