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Rule 250 the classes of labour provided by the existing
Rule 285 have been divided into five instead of three classes
in order to give better effect to the system of progressive
stages of labour; provision has also been made for the introduction
of Pingo Labour and for such other labour as the Governor
may from time to time approve.
Rules 251, 259, and 255 are based on existing rules
886 and 336. By rule 251 it is left to the discretion of the
Superintendent as to what form of Industrial Labour a convict
should be kept at. The Governor of a convict prison at home
has the same discretion, and in the interests of the Gaol
industries here it is necessary that the Superintendent should
have this discretion.
In rules 252 and 253 a distinction is made between
first offenders and old offenders, which is in accordance with
the existing practice.
Rules 254 and 255 are based on the existing rules
287 and 288. The period of No.1 hard labour to be exacted from
first offenders with sentences of less than two years is reduced
from 3 months to 42 days in order that more of the time of a
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