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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MAY, 1899.

Rules as to prisoner under sentence of death.

Cell.

Diet and exercise.

Visits and

tions,

placed under mechanical restraint shall be forth- with entered in the Assistant Superintendent's Journal.

(2.) Irons and other means of restraint shall not be used except of such patterns as may be approved by the Governor.

(3.) No prisoner shall be put in irons or under mechanical restraint as a punishment.

PRISONERS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.

298.-(1.) Every prisoner under warrant or order for execution shall, immediately on his arrival in the prison or after sentence, be tho- roughly searched, and any articles which it is considered dangerous or inexpedient for him to retain in his possession shall be taken from him.

(2.) Every prisoner under sentence of death shall be confined in a cell apart from all other prisoners, and shall be placed by day and by night under the constant charge and observation of an officer.

(3.) The cell or room in which a prisoner condemned to death is placed shall be previously examined by the Assistant Superintendent who is to satisfy himself of its fitness and safety, and record the result of his examination in his Journal.

(4.) A prisoner under sentence of death shall be allowed such diet and amount of exercise as the Assistant Superintendent may direct.

(5.) A prisoner under sentence of death nay communica be visited by his relations, friends, and legal advisers, at his own request. The Chaplain of the religion to which the prisoner belongs shall have free access to every such prisoner. With the above exception, no person, not being an officer of the prison, shall have access to the prisoner except in pursuance of a written order from the Colonial Secretary.

Executions.

Exclusion

299.--(1.) All executions shall take place within the prison at the time appointed by the Governor. The Assistant Superintendent of the prison shall be present and superintend every execution.

(2.) During the preparation for an execution, of strangers. and the time of execution, no person shall enter

the prison who is not legally entitled to do so.

Remission,

System of marks.

REMISSION OF SENTENCES, AND REWARDS UNDER THE MARK

SYSTEM, AND GRATUITIES.

300.-(1.) Every prisoner under a first sen- tence of imprisonment with hard labour for two years and upwards may earn remission of sen- tence by industry accompanied by good conduct.

(2.) The maximum remission obtainable by male prisoners will be one-fourth of the sentence, and by female prisoners one-third of the sentence. 301.-(1.) The amount of remission shall be determined by marks.