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that Juds of Arrang,
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Supplying prohibited articles to prisoners.
Notice of
under ss. 11 to 13 to be placed out-
(3) Any oficer of a prison convicted under this section shall, in addition to any other punishment, forfeit his ollice.
13. (1) No person shall in any prison sell any intoxicating liquor, opium or other drug, or tobacco, and no officer of a prison shall knowingly permut any such article to be sold in any prison.
(2) No officer of a prison shall permit any intoxicating liquor, opium or other drug, or tobacco, to be used by any prisoner, unless such use be authorized by the prison rules or by the Superintendent of Prisons.
(3) No officer of a prison shall, contrary to the prison rules, give or cause to be given anything of whatsoever nature to any prisoner.
(4) Every person who contravenes or attempts to contravene any of the provisions of this section shall upon summary convichon be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any form not exceeding six months.
(5) Any officer of a prison convicted under this section shall, in addition to any other punishment, forfeit his office.
14. The Superintendent of Prisons shall cause to be punishments affixed in a conspicuous place outside every prison a notice, in English and in Chinese, setting forth the penalties that will be incurred by persons committing any offence in contraven- tion of sections 11, 12 and 13.
side prison,
28 & 29 Vict.
c. 125, s. 40.
Inquiry on
prisoner dying.
28 & 29 Vict.
50 & 51 Vict.”
c. 57, s. 3.
15. It shall be the duty of a magistrate discharging the duties of coroner to hold an inquiry on the body of every prisoner who may die within a prison, and in no case shall
c. 126, s. 48; any officer of a prison, or any prisoner confined in a prison, or any person engaged in any sort of trade or dealing with a prison, be a juror on such inquiry.
Misconduct
of sub-
ordinate prison
officers and
servants.
Prison rules,
16. Every subordinate prison officer or servant who:-
(1) after having been duly engaged to serve as such absents himself from his duties, or refuses or neglects to obey any lawful order, or is guilty of any breach of discipline or any insubordination; or,
(2) on being dismissed or permitted to resign from or ceasing to belong to the prison service, does not deliver up all arms, accoutrements, appointments and things entrusted to him for the performance of his duty as such officer or servant, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, and further shall forfeit all pay during any such imprisonment.
17. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make rules for the regulation and government of prisons, and for the duties and conduct of the officers and other persons employed in prisons, and for the punishment by fine, degradation to a lower rank or pay, discharge or dismissal of such officers or other persons, and for the duties of the visiting justices, and for the conditions under which visitors may he allowed in prisons, and for the classification, diet, clothing, maintenance, employment, discipline, instruction and correc- tion 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.
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(2) It shall also be lawful for the Governor in Council by such rules to impose any punishment or penalty for the breach of any such rules.
(3) Every such rule may be disallowed by His Majesty.
and duties
18.-(1) All prisons shall be visited at least twice a Appointment month by justices of the peace appointed by the Governor to of visiting be visiting justices for periods to be specified in their appoint- justices.
ments.
(2) Such visiting justices shall when visiting prisons 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 cognizance of any matters of pressing necessity and within the powers of their commission as justices, and do such acts and perform such duties in relation 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.
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40 & 41 Vict. c. 21, ss. 13 and 14.
on paying of
fine. 4 & 5 Gen. 5,
19. Where a person is committed to prison for non- Reduction of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction imprisonment of any court, then, on payment to the Superinten- portion of dent of Prisons, or to such person as the Superintendent of Prisons may authorise, or to the first clerk at a Magistracy, c. 58, s. 3. of any sum in part satisfaction of the sum so adjudged to be paid and of any charges for which the prisoner is liable, the term of imprisonment 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 has been 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 paid to any person aggrieved by way of compensation or amends for any injury, damage or loss to his person or property.
20. The Frisons Ordinance, 1899, and the Frisons Repeal of Amendment Ordinance, 1927, are hereby repealed.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this
1st day of December, 1932.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
Ordinances
No. 4 of
1899 and
No. 26 of
1927.
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