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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. OCTOBER 25,

No. 819.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 38 of 1932. (PRISONS).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 17 of the Prisons Ordinance, 1932, the Governor in Council further amends the Prison Rules set forth on pages 181 to 246 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, by the rescission of rule 249 and the substitution of the following rule therefor :

249 (1). The child of a female prisoner may be received into prison with its mother, provided it is breast fed, and any child so admitted shall not be taken from its mother until the Medical Officer certifies that it is in a fit condition to be removed.

(2). When any child received into prison under the first paragraph of this rule is over the age of nine months or attains that age while in prison the Medical Officer shall report to the Superintendent whether, in his opinion, it is necessary or desirable that such child should be retained in prison. If the Medical Officer is of the opinion that it is unnecessary or unde- sirable that such child should be retained in prison, the Super- intendent may commit such child to the care of such relative of the child as may be willing and able to undertake such care and who may, in his opinion, be a fit and proper person to undertake such care. If the Superintendent is unable readily to find any relative of the child to whose care such child may properly be entrusted, then he may commit such child to the care of any person or institution approved of by the Governor.

(3). Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding para- graph of this rule the Superintendent may in his absolute dis- cretion permit any child to remain in the prison until the mother has completed her sentence.

(4). Any child retained in prison may be supplied with clothing at the public expense.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

17th October, 1935.

H. R. BUTTERS,

Clerk of Councils.

1935.

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