PRISONS ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 234).
PRISON (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) RULES 1970.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Prisons Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the follow- ing rules.....
1. These rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Citation. (No. 2) Rules 1970,
2. The principal rules are amended by adding after rule 22 the following now rule-
"Discharge
on general holiday.
22A. A prisoner due for discharge on a general holiday shall be discharged on the day next preceding that day which is not a general holiday.".
3. Rule 63 of the principal rules is amended in sub- paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) by inserting after "one month" the following
"but if the Superintendent considers that his power of punish- ment is insufficicot, he shall refer the case to the Commis- sioner who may order forfeiture of remission not exceeding six months".
KAP Kapy.
Clerk of Councils.
Addition of
new role ZZA.
(Cap. 234, xph. Jeg.)
Amendment of rule 69.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
8th December 1970.
Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the rules, bar is intended to indicate their general purport),
The effect of these rulos is to provide that-
(a) a prisoner guilty of an offence against prison discipline may be punished by forfeiting remission of sentence nat exceeding six moothy instead of u maximum of one month as at present;
(6) a prisoner due to be discharged on a general holiday will be discharged on the next preceding day which is not a holiday.
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