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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.
but shall give his whole time and attention to the service of the prison.
90. All such officers shall treat the Visiting Justices, Judges, Members of the Council, and Magistrates with courtesy and respect.
91. Any subordinate officer, desiring to appeal against any decision of the Superintendent which affects him, shall state his complaint in writing for the consideration of the Governor.
92. All officers of the prison shall direct the attention of the Superintendent to any prisoner who may appear to him not to be in health, although he may not complain, or whose state of mind may appear to him deserving of special notice and care, in order that the opinion and instructions of the Surgeon may be taken on the
case.
93. Any officer who shall be guilty of assault- ing or otherwise molesting any prisoner, either within or without the prison premises, unless compelled to do so in self-defence or for some other lawful purpose, shall be at once suspended with a view to his dismissal, and, even if com- pelled to strike in self-defence, no unnecessary violence should be used.
94. No subordinate officer, on any pretence whatever, shall fail to make an immediate report to the Superintendent, or other his superior officer, of any misconduct or wilful disobedience of the prison regulations.
95. No subordinate officer shall unnecessarily converse with a prisoner, nor shall he by word, gesture, or demeanour, do anything which may tend to irritate a prisoner. He shall not allow any familiarity on the part of prisoners towards himself or any other officer of the prison, nor shall he on any account speak of his duties, or of any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within hearing of the prisoners.
96. No officer shall, without the permission of the Superintendent, bring in or carry out, or knowingly allow to be brought in or carried out, to or for any prisoner, any money, clothing, pro- visions, tobacco, letters, papers, or other articles whatsoever; or shall give, or cause to be given to any prisoner such articles; and any officer who infringes this rule shall be forthwith sus- pended from his office by the Superintendent, who shall report his case to the Governor that the offender may be dealt with under sections 11 and 12 of The Prison Ordinance, 1885.
97. If they can be spared subordinate officers. may be allowed leave on Saturday afternoon after the prisoners are locked in their cells, and on Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Government Holidays, and at other times when they can be spared.
98. Any officer, on entering the prison service, may be employed in any part of the Colony, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ him.
99. No subordinate officer shall punish a prisoner, except when ordered to do so by the Superintendent.
100. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three months of his service; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expiration of three months unless the officer has proved himself in all respects fitted for the post.
101. No officer of the prison shall sinoke or chew tobacco while on duty, or take tobacco inside the inner gate of the prison.
102. Every subordinate officer of the prison who shall fail to exercise a proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or to perform any duty enforced upon him by the re- gulations of the prison, or shall wilfully or carelessly disobey, neglect or evade, or permit to be disobeyed, neglected, or evaded, any rule, regulation, or order, lawfully made and provided in respect of such prison, shall be liable to be dealt with by the Superintendent under rule No. 2.
103. All officers shall conduct themselves in an orderly and respectable manner when off duty.
104. When on duty subordinate officers shall appear neatly dressed in the uniform of the prison. Uniforms will be supplied to them half-yearly, viz., two suits white summer clothing, with boots, and puggarees in May; and one cloth suit, with boots and cap in November. They will be sup- plied with a helmet every third year and an overcoat every fourth year.
105. Subordinate officers suspended from duty and afterwards restored to their situations shall not receive any pay for the time during which they shall have been suspended, except by special order of the Governor.
106. All subordinate officers, on being relieved from any particular duty, or transferred to another part of the prison, shall point out to their succes- sors all matters of special importance connected with their duties, and explain any directions of the Superintendent, or other superior officer, affecting any particular prisoner.
107. Any subordinate officer, disabled from the regular performance of his duties by illness, shall report the same to the Chief Warder and the Surgeon of the prison will, if necessary, order his removal to the Government Civil Hos- pital; and during the time he is there he shall conform to the rules of that establishment, and shall pay such charges as may be claimed for his maintenance and treatment.
108. No officer shall directly or indirectly have any interest in any contract or supply con- nected with the prison, nor shall he receive, under any pretence whatever, any fee or gratuity from any person connected with such contract or supply.
109. All officers of the prison shall be liable to dismissal for improper conduct.
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