Duty to
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(iii) Principal Wardress.
184. The Principal Wardress shall obey the orders of the obey orders Matron, and shall be subject to the rules laid down for Principal
of Matron.
Duty to
orders of
obey
Matron. etc.
Prisoners awaiting trial.
(Cap. 236).
(Cap. 285).
(Cap. 221).
Officers.
(iv) Wardresses.
185. The Wardresses shall obey the orders of the Matron, Assistant Matron and Principal Wardress, and shall be subject to the rules laid down for subordinate officers.
PART II.
SPECIAL Rules for Particular Class OF PRISONERS.
(1) PRISONERS Awaiting TRIAL. (a) General.
186. (1) The following rules shall apply to persons (herein- after referred to as "prisoners awaiting trial") committed to prison for safe custody in any of the following circumstances-
(4) on their committal for trial for any indictable offence;
(b) on their detention pending the preliminary hearing before a magistrate of a charge against them on an indictable offence;
(c) on their detention pending the hearing of as information
or complaint against them;
(d) on their detention in any proceedings under the Extradi- tion (Hong Kong) Ordinance, and the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, whether pending the extradition proceed. ings or awaiting their surrender;
(e) on their detention in any proceedings under the Chinese Extradition Ordinance, whether pending the extradition proceedings or awaiting their surrender;
() whose cases have been referred back to a magistrate under the provisions of sections 11 and 12 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, while the cases are being so dealt with
(g) debtors;
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(A) on their commitment under section 27 or 29 of the
Bankruptcy Ordinance;
(f) who have been declared by any enactment in force in the Colony to be or are to be treated as prisoners awaiting trial.
(2) Where any of the circumstances stated in paragraph (1) becomes applicable to a person who is already a convicted prisoner, rules 208 and 204 shall apply to him as if he were a prisoner awaiting trial,
(b) Admission and Treatment.
(Cap. 8).
187. A prisoner awaiting trial shall not be required to take a Bath, bath on reception, if, on the application of the prisoner, the Superintendent decides that it is unnecessary, or the Medical Officer states that it is for medical reasons inadvisable.
188. Prisoners awaiting trial shall be kept apart from con- Segrega- victed prisoners and shall not be allowed to associate with them tion. at any time.
189. The Superintendent may modify the routine of the prison Power of
Superin- in regard to any class of prisoners awaiting trial, so far as to tendent dispense with any practice which, in the Superintendent's opinion, to modify is clearly unnecessary in the case of that particular class of routine, prisoners.
(c) Food and Clothing.
190. Every prisoner awaiting trial may procure for himself, Power to or receive at proper hours, food and mali liquor, If he does not Procure
food. provide himself with food, he shall receive the prison diet.
191. Every prisoner awaiting trial who prefers to provide his Notice own food for any meal shall give notice thereof in advance of the $3 to
provision time the meal is required, but the Superintendent shall not permit of food. any such prisoner to receive any prison diet for the meal for which he procures or receives food at his own expense.
tion en
192. Articles of food, which shall be received only at hours Restria- to be fixed from time to time for the purpose, shall be inspected vision by the receiving officer and shall be subject to such restrictions of food. as may be necessary to prevent luxury or waste,
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