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Subordinate Officers may also be punished for misconduct, &c., by being reduced to a lower rank and pay, or to a lower place of the same rank according to circumstances.
8. In case of any such exercise of authority, the Superintendent shall record the same in the Daily Occurrence Book and Fine Book, and report to His Excellency the Governor, or the Colonial Secretary without delay.
9. All fines and other punishments are to be entered in the "Officers' Character Roll." Fines after being collected may be applied by the Superintendent for such purposes as may be approved of by His Excellency the Governor.
10. Subordinate Officers whose services are discontinued (except such as are temporarily engaged, or who have not completed their probation, or shall be dismissed for misconduct) shall be entitled to a month's notice, or a month's pay. Officers whose probation is not completed, are entitled only to a week's notice, or a week's pay.
11. All Officers of the Gaol to be treated when sick by the Colonial Surgeon, Sick and be admissible to the Government Hospital, at the same charges as Police. Leave may be granted by the Superintendent for one week; if longer leave is required, it must be granted by authority of the Governor.
12. He shall frequently test the quantity and quality of the rations supplied to the prisoners, and should any deficiency in either be discovered, make an entry in the Daily Occurrence Book, call on the Contractor to make good the same in accordance with the terms of the Contract for supplying the Gaol, and report the same without delay to the Colonial Secretary, or His Excellency the Governor.
13. He shall immediately investigate any complaint made by a prisoner as to the quantity or quality of any article of food distributed to him, and may cause the same to be tested, or weighed, or measured, unless it appear to him, that such complaint is vexatiously made, when he may refuse to do so, and such complaint and refusal shall be entered by him in his journal.
14. The said Superintendent shall personally inspect every ward, cell, yard, division, or part of the Gaol, and see every prisoner at least once in each 24 hours, and in default of such daily visits and inspections, shall state in his journal how far he has omitted them, and the cause of such omission.
15. When visiting the female prisoners, he shall be accompanied by the Matron or female Warder.
16. He shall, without delay, call the attention of the Chaplain or Medical Officer to any prisoner whose state of mind or body may appear to require their assistance, and he may, until further orders, change any treatment (not strictly medical) appearing to affect any prisoner injuriously.
17. He shall deliver daily to the Medical Officer, a list of prisoners in solitary confinement, of the sick, and of such as may have complained of sickness, sores, or other ailment without any exception, whether he thinks such complaint groundless or not, and also a list of prisoners who have recently suffered, or are about to suffer corporal punishment, or solitary confinement, or confinement in a dark cell.
18. He shall give immediate notice of the death of any prisoner to the Medical Officer, and to the Coroner, and when practicable to the relations and friends of the deceased. A Coroner's Inquest shall be held upon all prisoners dying in the Gaol, whether the Medical Officer certify the cause of death or not.
19. He shall take every precaution to prevent fire, or the escape of prisoners, and shall cause all the wards, cells, bolts, bars, and locks of the Gaol, and the irons of the prisoners, to be thoroughly examined daily.
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20. He shall fully explain to every Officer his duties and shall take care that every Officer of the Gaol is instructed in the duty required of him in case of fire, or in case of any attempt to escape made by a single prisoner or one and more in concert.
21. He shall take proper and discreet means to ascertain, that no visitor bring into the Gaol anything not permitted by the rules of the Gaol, or in his opinion objectionable.
22. The names of visitors to prisoners, and the particulars of their visit, shall be entered in the Visitors' Book by the Clerk; and the Superintendent of the Gaol, or in his absence, the Warden, on reasonable grounds of suspicion, may require that such visitors be searched in his presence, except in the case of females who shall be searched by the Matron in a private room.
23. Should such visitors refuse to give their names and address or to be searched, he may refuse them admittance.
24. The Superintendent of the Gaol shall cause the following books to be kept, and shall be responsible that they shall be safely preserved, and entries accurately made, and that no alteration or erasure of entries be made without the sanction as proved by initials by him.
THE WARDEN AND HIS DUTIES.
25. The Warden shall consider the Superintendent of the Gaol for the time being, his immediate superior, and shall perform all his lawful commands.
26. He shall make himself thoroughly acquainted with the Rules and Regulations, and on no account shall he leave the Gaol during the temporary absence of the Superintendent, nor during the presence of the Superintendent without his permission. A Deputy Warden shall be appointed by the Superintendent to act during such absence, who shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Warden.
27. He shall take charge of the Gaol during the temporary absence of the Superintendent.
28. He shall make a weekly inspection of the Turnkeys' quarters, and report any damage he may find thereto, beyond what is accountable by fair wear and tear.
29. Before leaving the Gaol, the Warden shall personally give over charge to the Deputy with all necessary instructions.
30. On the admission of each prisoner, it shall be the duty of the Warden, or Clerk, to record in the Gaol Register the name, sex, age, height, features and country of each prisoner, also whether such prisoner can read and write, and all other particulars required to be entered.
31. He shall take care that every prisoner on admission is put into a reception cell and strictly searched, and that all knives, weapons, instruments, money, opium, tobacco, or anything forbidden by Government Regulations, or anything likely to facilitate escape, be taken from such prisoner. No such search shall be made in the presence of any other prisoner.
32. No female prisoner shall be searched by any one except the Matron.
33. He shall take care that all articles taken from prisoners, with their clothes and other effects, and all such things as may, from time to time, be sent in on the prisoners' account, shall be entered in the Prisoners' Property Book with the date of their receipt and of their restoration as hereinafter mentioned.
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Subordinate Officers may also be punished for misconduct, &c., by being reduced to a lower rank and pay, or to a lower place of the same rank according to circumstances.
8. In case of any such exercise of authority, the Superintendent shall record the same in the Daily Occurrence Book and Fine Book, and report to His Excellency the Governor, or the Colonial Secretary without delay.
9. All fines and other punishments are to be entered in the " Officers' Character Roll." Fines after being collected may be applied by the Superintendent for such purposes as may be approved of by His Excellency the Governor.
10. Subordinate Officers whose services are discontinued (except such as are temporarily engaged, or who have not completed their probation, or shall be dis- missed for misconduct) shall be entitled to a month's notice, or a month's pay. Officers whose probation is not completed, are entitled only to a week's notice, or a week's pay.
11. All Officers of the Gaol to be treated when sick by the Colonial Surgeon, Sick and be admissible to the Government Hospital, at the same charges as Police. leave may be granted by the Superintendent for one week; if longer leave is required, it must be granted by authority of the Governor.
12. He shall frequently test the quantity and quality of the rations supplied to the prisoners, and should any deficiency in either be discovered, make an entry in the Daily Occurrence Book, call on the Contractor to make good the same in ac- cordance with the terms of the Contract for supplying the Gaol, and report the same without delay to the Colonial Secretary, or His Excellency the Governor.
13. He shall immediately investigate any complaint made by a prisoner as to the quantity or quality of any article of food distributed to him, and may cause the same to be tested, or weighed, or measured, unless it appear to him, that such com- plaint is vexatiously made, when he may refuse to do so, and such complaint and refusal shall be entered by him in his journal.
14. The said Superintendent shall personally inspect every ward, cell, yard, division, or part of the Gaol, and see every prisoner at least once in each 24 hours, and in default of such daily visits and inspections, shall state in his journal how far he has omitted them, and the cause of such omission.
15. When visiting the female prisoners, he shall be accompanied by the Matron or female Warder.
16. He shall, without delay, call the attention of the Chaplain or Medical Officer to any prisoner whose state of mind or body may appear to require their assistance, and he may, until further orders, change any treatment (not strictly medical) appearing to affect any prisoner injuriously.
17. He shall deliver daily to the Medical Officer, a list of prisoners in solitary confinement, of the sick, and of such as may have complained of sickness, sores, or other ailment without any exception, whether he thinks such complaint ground- any less or not, and also a list of prisoners who have recently suffered, or are about to suffer corporal punishment, or solitary confinement, or confinement in a dark cell.
18. He shall give immediate notice of the death of any prisoner to the Medical Officer, and to the Coroner, and when practicable to the relations and friends of the deceased. A Coroner's Inquest shall be held upon all prisoners dying in the Gaol, whether the Medical Officer certify the cause of death or not.
19. He shall take every precaution to prevent fire, or the escape of prisoners, and shall cause all the wards, cells, bolts, bars, and locks of the Gaol, and the irons of the prisoners, to be thoroughly examined daily.
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20. He shall fully explain to every Officer his duties and shall take care that every Officer of the Gaol is instructed in the duty required of him in case of fire, or in case of any attempt to escape made by a single prisoner or one and more in
concert.
21. He shall take proper and discreet means to ascertain, that no visitor bring into the Gaol anything not permitted by the rules of the Gaol, or in his opinion objectionable.
22. The names of visitors to prisoners, and the particulars of their visit, shall be entered in the Visitors' Book by the Clerk; and the Superintendent of the Gaol, or in his absence, the Warden, on reasonable grounds of suspicion, may require that such visitors be searched in his presence, except in the case of females who shall be searched by the Matron in a private room.
23. Should such visitors refuse to give their names and address or to be searched, he may refuse them admittance.
24. The Superintendent of the Gaol shall cause the following books to be kept, and shall be responsible that they shall be safely preserved, and entries accu- rately made, and that no alteration or erasure of entries be made without the sanction as proved by initials by him.
THE WARDEN AND HIS DUTIES.
25. The Warden shall consider the Superintendent of the Gaol for the time being, his immediate superior, and shall perform all his lawful commands.
26. He shall make himself thoroughly acquainted with the Rules and Regula- tions, and on no account shall he leave the Gaol during the temporary absence of the Superintendent, nor during the presence of the Superintendent without his pernuis- sion. A Deputy Warden shall be appointed by the Superintendent to act during such absence, who shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Warden.
27. He shall take charge of the Gaol during the temporary absence of the Superintendent.
28. He shall make a weekly inspection of the Turnkeys' quarters, and report any damage he may find thereto, beyond what is accountable by fair wear and tear. 29. Before leaving the Gaol, the Warden shall personally give over charge to the Deputy with all necessary instructions.
30. On the admission of each prisoner, it shall be the duty of the Warden, or Clerk, to record in the Gaol Register the name, sex, age, height, features and country of each prisoner, also whether such prisoner can read and write, and all other particulars required to be entered.
31. He shall take care that every prisoner on admission is put into a reception cell and strictly searched, and that all knives, weapons, instruments, money, opium, tobacco, or anything forbidden by Government Regulations, or anything likely to facilitate escape, be taken from such prisoner. No such search shall be made in the presence of any other prisoner.
32. No female prisoner shall be searched by any one except the Matron.
33. He shall take care that all articles taken from prisoners, with their clothes and other effects, and all such things as may, from time to time, be sent in on the prisoners' account, shall be entered in the Prisoners' Property Book with the date of their receipt and of their restoration as hereinafter mentioned.
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