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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MAY, 1899.

Aggravated offences.

3. Separate confinement with a daily task

of 2 lbs. of oakum on No. 3 Diet for ill-conducted and idle prisoners of the nationality to which the particular pri- soner belongs, or No. 3 Diet, without separate confinement, for al period not exceeding 42 days.

4. Reduction in class, or postponement of advancement from oue class to another, for a period not exceeding fourteen days.

5. Deprivation of mattress for any period not exceeding seven days, for idleness or refusing to work.

6. Forfeiture of remission of sentence for a

period not exceeding fourteen days.

290. If any male prisoner is guilty of any of the following offences, namely

1. Continual wilful disobedience to any law-

ful command.

2. Escape or attempt to escape from the prison, or, while employed outside the prison, from the custody of any officer of the prison.

3. Aiding or endeavouring to aid the escape of any prisoner whether the escape be actually effected or not.

4. Mutiny or open incitement to mutiny in

the prison.

5. Personal violence or attempted personal violence to any officer or servant of the prison, or any authorized visitor.

6. Aggravated or repeated assault on a

fellow-prisoner.

7. Insulting or threatening language to any

officer or prisoner.

8. A third or subsequent refusal to labour. 9. Wilfully or wantonly breaking the pri- son windows or destroying the prison property.

10. When under punishment, wilfully making a disturbance tending to interrupt the order and discipline of the prison. 11. Combination with any other prisoner to impede or obstruct the proper govern- ment or management of the prison or prisoners.

12. Theft.

Punishments the Assistant Superintendent shall have power, which may be after taking evidence upon oath, affirmation or Assistant declaration, to award to such prisoner (a) cor- Superintend- poral punishment which shall not exceed fifteen

imposed by

ent for aggravated offences.

strokes with a birch rod, if the offender is an adult, or eight strokes with a birch, if the offender is a juvenile; (b) reduction in class, or postpone- ment of advancement from one class to another, for a period not exceeding twenty-eight days; (c) forfeiture of remission of sentence for a period not exceeding thirty days.

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