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N. 134 of the 3rd of October 1879 calling the Governor's attention to certain objectionable provisions in the Konghong Gaol Ordinance Ne 4 of 1863, and amongst others to the power given to the Superintendent
of the Gaol of flogging prisoners,
a
power which the Secretary of State
points out is not given in England.
A Report (which had been also
circulated
among the Members
of
Council) from the Honourable Mr. Tonnosky, the Superintendent of the
Gaol upon this despatch
was also
considered and after discussion it is Resolved that the Attorney General be requested to draft
an
Ordinance transferring the power of sentencing prisoners to be flogged to the Police albagistrates.
In preparing the Bill the
Attorney General to take of such other changes
as
oognizance
may
be
deemed desirable, so as to assimilate the definitions ete of Prison Offences
to those in the new Prison Act in
England."
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