VI. If any Person shall introduce into any Prison, or wilfully convey in any Supplying Pri- soners with prohi manner to or within the reach of any Prisoner whether within or without the Gaol bited Articles.
Walls, any intoxicating Drink, Tobacco, Opium, Letters, or other thing whatsoever, without the consent of the Gaoler, he shall pay a penalty of not exceeding Five Pounds Sterling to be recovered in a summary manner before any Justice of the Peace under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.
not
Prisoners complying with the terms of a Condi- tional Pardon may be recommitted.
of Justice.
any
Conditional
VII. If any Prisoner have been released from Confinement under Pardon granted by His Excellency The Governor, and have failed to fulfil such Con- ditions, it shall be lawful for any Gaoler or Constable to apprehend the said Prisoner, and to convey him together with the original Warrant of Commitment before any Justice of the Peace, and such Justice, on being satisfied that the Conditions of Re- Icase have not been complied with, may in his discretion record a minute of the same on the Warrant; after which the Warrant shall have the same force and effect as if such Pardon or Remission had not been granted; but the Justice shall in every such case report his proceedings to His Excellency The Governor.
What descrip VIII. When any Magistrate or Court shall sentence a Prisoner to Hard Labour, tion of Labour to this shall be understood to mean Hard Labour (in Chains if necessary) within or follow certain Sen- without the Prison Walls, in such mode as the Gaoler under the sanction of the tences of the Courts Sheriff may appoint; and if a Prisoner be sentenced to Hard Labour within the Prison, this shall be understood to mean similar Labour imposed in a similar manner within the Prison Walls; and if a Prisoner be sentenced to Imprisonment, this shall be understood to mean Imprisonment with Labour of such light description within the Prison Walls as may be appointed by the Gaoler under the sanction of the Sheriff; and Persons charged with any Crime or Offence, confined for want of Suretics, shall be under the same Regulations as to Labour as those sentenced to simple Imprison- ment, and if Prisoners for Debt, or on Civil Process, or under Committal for Trial, shall request to be employed in Labour, the Gaoler may, with their consent, employ them in such work as may seem to him suitable.
Indemnity Clause.
IX. No Action or Proceeding at Law shall be brought against any Sheriff, Gaoler, or other Officer of the said Gaol for any Act heretofore done by them, or any of them in enforcing discipline therein.
S. G. BONHAM,
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 20th Day of September, 1853.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
Fonto!
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