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Holidays.

Moham- medan prisoners.

Employ ment of prisoners on public works.

General provisions as to letters.

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43. No work shall be done beyond what is strictly necessary for the service of the prison on Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday and Chinese New Year's day.

44. Mohammedan prisoners shall be allowed to observe the fast of Ramadan and during the fast shall be required to labour at such reduced task as the Medical Officer considers proper.

45. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council prisoners may be employed on works of a public nature.

(g) Communications and Visits.

46. No persons, other than the relatives and friends of a prisoner, shall be allowed to communicate in writing with him except by special authority. Such communications between a prisoner and his relatives and friends shail, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed for the maintenance of discipline and order in the prison and for the prevention of crime, be allowed in the manner following-

(a)

() every prisoner shall be allowed to write and receive a letter on reception and thereafter once in every four weeks;

(ii) such privilege may be withdrawn by the Super- intendent, if he considers that the prisoner's conduct has been unsatisfactory, for a period not exceeding three months in addition to any punishment which may be awarded for any offence committed by such prisoner; (b) the outward and inward letters of every prisoner shall be censored by a person appointed by the Commissioner for that purpose who will in respect of

(aa) an outward letter, if the contents or parts thereof are, in the opinion of such person, objectionable-

(i) give the prisoner concerned an opportunity to re-write it; and

(ii) if the contents of the re-written letter or parts thereof are still considered objectionable file the letter in the prisoner's penal record after informing him that he has, save as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), lost his privilege for the particular month;

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(66) an inward letter, if the contents or parts thereof are, in the opinion of such person, objectionable-

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(i) return it to the sender if his address is known;

(ii) if it is not known, destroy the letter.

(c) the Superintendent may permit any convicted prisoner to write special letters for the purpose of making arrange- ments regarding his property or for any other special reason;

(d) the Commissioner may allow such additional letters as he may determine, as a privilege for any class of prisoners.

as to visits.

47. No persons, other than the relatives and friends of a General prisoner, shall be allowed to visit bin except by special authority, provisions Such visits by relatives and friends shall, subject to such restric- tions as may be imposed for the maintenance of discipline and order in the prison and for the prevention of crime, be allowed in the manner following-

(a) they shall be allowed to visit a prisoner once a month and no more than three persons shall be allowed at one time:

(b) the visits of the relatives and friends of a prisoner shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and the visits shall be limited to 15 minutes on each occasion;

(e) a male prisoner shall be visited in the presence of a male prison officer; a female prisoner in the presence of a female prison officer;

(d) the Superintendent shall fix the days and times for visits which shall be publicly notified at the gates of the prison;

(e) no visits shall be allowed on Saturdays and Sundays

except in cases of emergency;

() visitors shall not be admitted until they have recorded their names and addresses, their relationship to or con- nexion with the prisoner they wish to visit;