1926 ORDINANCE, No. 18 OF 1885 ..
Prison.
such prisoners are ordered by the Surgeon to industrial light labour they shall not on
that account have their fetters removed, unless specially recommended by the Surgeon
on medical grounds.
212. No such prisoners shall be employed on industrial light labour unless their
conduct has been fairly good, and prisoners of good character only shall be employed
on industrial light labour of the kinds mentioned in rule 266 No. 3 of the rules and
regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 17 of The Prison Ordinance
1885, and dated the 17th December, 1887, * and when so employed may have their
fetters removed, if they interfere with the prisoner's work.
213. All prisoners mentioned in the first rule when employed on industrial light
labour of any other description shall wear fetters until they have earned a good
character.
214. All such prisoners, when exempted from wearing fetters on any ofthe grounds
aforesaid, shall on misconducting themselves, and being awarded prison punishment,
again be placed in fetters and not released therefrom until they have regained a good
character.
215. A prisoner shall be considered of good character who has not for three con
secutive months been guilty of any prison offence, but a trivial offence for which a
prisoner has been cautioned or admonished but not punished , shall not be taken into
account in considering the good character of the prisoner.
216. Prisoners sentenced to less than one year's imprisonment with hard labour
shall wear an iron ring on one ankle without other fetters.
217. All prisoners convicted of returning from banishment shall wear fetters
during the whole period of their imprisonment.
CLEANLINESS.
218. The weekly shaving of the Chinese prisoners shall be done according to such.
regulations as shall be established from time to time. The razors shall be always under
the charge of the officer of the ward or yard, and he shall take care they are withdrawn
immediately the prisoners have finished them. Prisoners of very filthy habits are to
be brought to the notice of the Superintendent.
219. The queues of Chinese prisoners sentenced to penal servitude may be cut off,
and their hair kept cut close until within six months of their release ; the queues may
also be cut off short-sentenced prisoners if the Surgeon should consider it necessary for
the purpose of health or cleanliness ; but such prisoner shall be allowed to appeal to
the Governor against it. No queue is to be cut under any circumstances without the
special permission of the Governor.
*NOTE.- The reference to the rules ofthe 17th December, 1887, appears to be a mistake : see
rule 281 No. 3 of these rules.