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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.

tence earned under the mark regulations, once a week he shall check and initial the mark books.

30. He shall visit the hospital daily, and see all prisoners therein, that proper arrangements are made for the safe custody of the sick prisoners, and that discipline is maintained, so far as is con- sistent with the medical treatment prescribed for them.

31. He may, with the concurrence of the Me- dical Officer, use the body belt for the restraint of a violent invalid prisoner who cannot be otherwise restrained.

32. He shall attend every corporal punishment inflicted within the prison; and he shall enter in his journal the hour at which the punishment was inflicted, the number of strokes given, and any order which he or the Medical Officer may have given on the occasion.

33. In the absence of the Superintendent his duties and authority shall devolve upon the Chief Warder with the exception of the power to award corporal punishment under rule 279.

CHIEF WARDER.

34. The Chief Warder shall assist the Superin- tendent to carry his instructions into effect and shall see that his orders are strictly obeyed. He shall daily check, and initial, and send on to the Superintendent all books, returns, registers and other matters requiring his attention.

35. The Chief Warder shall reside in the prison, and shall not absent himself from his duties without the permission of the Superintendent.

36. The Chief Warder 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 the rules or in the opinion of the Superintendent objectionable, or anything likely to facilitate escape, be taken from such prisoner. As far as practicable no such search shall take place in the presence of any other prisoner.

37. On the admission of each prisoner, it shall be the duty of the Chief Warder or Clerk to record in the Prison Register or Nominal Record of prisoners, the name, age, height, weight, fea- tures, particular marks and general appearance of such prisoner, with anything else worthy of notice.

38. The Chief Warder 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 prisoner's account, shall be entered in the Prisoners' Pro- perty Book, with the date of their receipt and restoration; and that all such property shall be kept in a suitable place to be provided for the purpose, and shall be restored to the prisoner on his discharge; except such articles as it may be considered necessary to destroy, or such money

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or property as the Governor may think fit to confiscate or to allow the prisoner to have to assist him in his defence on his trial.

39. On being brought into the prison, pri- soners shall be carefully searched, and all money, valuables, &c. found in their possession will be at once entered in the Property Book. All money and valuables shall be handed over to the Chief Warder for safe custody.

40. The Chief Warder shall check all demands made on the Storekeeper for stores and clothing to be used in the prison, and shall see that all articles are properly marked with the prison mark, and that no extra clothing is issued to a prisoner without the Superintendent's authority.

41. The Chief Warder shall attend every corporal punishment inflicted within the prison, and enter in the Occurrence Book the day and hour of the infliction of the punishment, with the number of strokes, and the direction of the Surgeon thereon.

42. The Chief Warder shall superintend the exercise of the fire party at least once in every

month.

43. The Chief Warder shall take care that prisoners have an opportunity of making com- plaints or requests to him, and he shall either take steps to redress any grievance, or shall report the same to the Superintendent.

44. The Chief Warder shall accompany the Visiting Justices in their visits of inspection to the prison. He shall take care that any prisoner who wishes to see the Superintendent, or Visiting Justices, shall have an opportunity of doing so. Prisoners shall be sent to the office for this pur- pose.

45. The Chief Warder shall frequently visit the workshops, yards, and corridors, and see that the prisoners are kept at their work. He shall also occasionally visit the wards without previous notice during the night, to ascertain that the officers on duty are on the alert. He shall dili- gently observe the behaviour of all prison officers, and see that they strictly adhere to the rules, and shall report immediately to the Superintendent any neglect or misconduct that may come to his knowledge.

46. The Chief Warder shall be, responsible to the Superintendent that the details of duties con- nected with order and discipline of the prison are carried out with promptness and regularity, and in strict accordance with the regulations. He shall also enforce the greatest economy.

47. The Chief Warder shall daily inspect every part of the prison, and see that every thing is clean and in good order, and that the means of security in the different yards, &c., are effective. He shall pay special attention to prisoners in solitary confinement. He shall see that no ladders, planks, ropes, chains, or anything likely to facil- itate escape, are left exposed in the yards.