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REGULATIONS
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GAOL AT HONGKONG,
Gool to be under charge of Sheriff.
To be open to the
tices of the Peace.
THE Gaol of Hongkong shall be under the immediate Superintendence of the Sheriff of the Colony, who shall be responsible for the proper Conduct thereof.
The Gaol shall be open to the inspection of any Justice of the Peace, and the Governor may appoint certain of the Justices whose duty it shall be to inspect the inspection of Jus Gaol at least once a Week, either singly or otherwise. These shall be called Visiting Governor may Justices. A Gaol Visitation Book shall be kept in the Custody of the Gaoler, and appoint Visiting it shall be the duty of the visiting Justices to write therein the results of their in- Justices spection on each occasion; but the Book shall also be open for the remarks of any Justice visiting the Gaol.
This Book shall be forwarded every Monday to the Colonial Secretary, to be by Gaol Visitation him laid before the Governor, and any Order thereupon that the Governor may see Book. fit to give, shall be intimated by the Colonial Secretary to the Sheriff, whose duty it shall be to see such Order carried out.
The Gaol shall be open at all times to the visits of the Colonial Chaplain and the Colonial Surgeon.
Gaol to be open
to Chaplain and Bargeon.
The Sheriff shall prescribe the Hours of every Day during which the Prisoners eball Sheriff to pre Work, and may on the recommendation of the Colonial Chaplain, and with the sane. scribe Hours of tion of the Colonial Secretary, purchase suitable Books for the use of the Prisoners. Work, purchase
Book & All improper Books shall be excluded from the Prison.
Under special circumstances the Sheriff may allow a Prisoner Food, Clothing, or Sheriff may alter other necessaries, besides or in lieu of the Prison allowance, and temporarily suspend Diet or suspend Re any Gaol Regulatica in reference to any Prisoner, provided that he record bis pro- cases
gulations in certain ceedings therein in a Book to be kept by him and called the Sheriff's Book, which Book shall be from time to time submitted to the Colonial Secretary for the Governor's information.
The Sheriff may direct any Prisoners under Sentence of Transportation, or against Sheriff may di whom Sentence of Death may have been recorded, to be kept to Hard Labour as rect that Trans Felons; or if such Prisoner be already at Work he may direct the suspension of his
ported Pelons be put to Labour, &e. Labour provided that he record in the Sheriff's Book his proceedings therein; and he may authorize the employment of any Prisoner in the service of the Gaol, but not in
Sherid may re
ers for Pardon.
its discipline, or in the service of any Officer, or so that such Prisoner shall sleep without the Prison premises.
On observing or becoming credibly informed of any extraordinary diligence or merit on the part of any Prisoner, he may record the same in the Sheriff's Book, in commend Prison order that the Governor may consider the propriety of exercising his prerogative of Prisoner not com Pardon towards such Prisoner; but if any conditional Perdon or Remission of Punish- plying with condi ment be granted to and accepted by any Prisoner, and such Prisoner after release lions of Pardon. fail to fulfil the required conditions, the Gaoler may convey him together with the original Warrant of Commitment before a Justice of the Peace, who on being satis. fied of the noncompliance with the conditions, shall record a Minute of the same on the back of the Warrant, after which such Warrant shall have the same force as if such Pardon or Remission had not been granted.
The Sheriff may order any Prisoner to be Ironed, or taken out of Irons, for such Prisoners to time as he shall direct, recording the facts in the Sheriff's Book.
The Officers of the Gaol shall be‚----
Sherif may ca><
Ironed
Officers of Gaol,
The Sheriff,
1 Gaoler,
1 Matron,
2 Turnkeys,
1 Chaplain,
1 Medical Officer,
Resident.
Such other Officers as the Governor may from time to time appoint, and such Con- stables of the Police Force as may from time to time be appointed to do duty at the Gaol, and the Colonial Chaplain shall be the Chaplain, and the Colonial Surgeon the Medical Officer of the Gaol of Hongkong.
Gaoler not to be
The Gaoler shall not be Under-Sheriff, or Bailiff, or concerned in any other occu pation or in any trade, neither he or Person in trust for him, shall sell or let or derive Bailiff, &c. any benefit from the sale or letting of any Article to any Prisoner, or from any dealing whatsoever with such Prisoner. He shall not let for hire to any Person what- ever any room or portion of the residence allotted to him in or near the Gaol, nor any room or ground belonging to the Gaol, He shall not directly or indirectly have any interest in any Contract or agreement for the supply of the Gaol, nor shall be use for himself or his family any Oil, Rations, Food, or other Article whatever