THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1877
GENERAL RULES.
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71. The Gaol shall be open to every Justice of the Peace.
72. His Excellency the Governor may make a list of Justices, to be nominated Visiting Justices, two of whom shall, in company if possible, visit the Gaol at least once a week regularly, and on such other days as their presence may be required.
73. Visiting Justices shall hear all complaints for breaches of prison discipline, the punishment for which is beyond the powers conferred on the Superintendent by Rule 7, and shall award such punishment as may be sanctioned by any Ordinance, or by the Gaol Regulations, as the justice of the case may seem to require.
74. They shall examine witnesses upon oath, and shall enter in a book a note of the evidence brought in support of a complaint, and of their judgment and sentence thereon. They shall enter in the Justices' Visiting Book any suggestions or remarks they wish to bring to the notice of His Excellency the Governor as to the state and discipline
of the Gaol.
75. No Officer of the Gaol shall be Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or Bailiff, or be concerned in any trade or other occupation, except in the Government service.
76. No such Officer shall sell, let, or derive any benefit, directly or indirectly, from the sale or letting of any article to any prisoner.
No such Officer shall have, directly or indirectly, any interest in any contract or agreement for the supply of the Gaol, or use for himself or his family any oil, rations, food, or other article supplied for the use of the Gaol.
77. A light shall be kept constantly burning throughout the night in every ward or division of the Gaol in which prisoners shall be confined, but such light shall not be placed inside the cell or within reach of the prisoners, and a light shall be kept burning in each of the sleeping rooms of the Officers of the Gaol not on duty.
78. Every part of the Gaol premises shall be swept clean daily as often as is necessary, and the Gaol shall be washed throughout once in every week, except during damp weather.
79. Every prisoner shall wash himself daily, and every prisoner shall have at least one hot or cold bath once a week.
80. The clothes worn by each prisoner next to the skin shall be exchanged for a clean suit at least once a week. 81. The hair of each male European prisoner shall be cut to such moderate length as health or cleanliness may require.
82. The tails of Chinese prisoners, sentenced to incarceration for two years or upwards, shall be cut off and their hair shall be so kept until within 6 months of their enlargement. Provided that, at any time, for purposes of health or cleanliness, the tail of any Chinese prisoner may be removed.
83. The hair of female prisoners is not to be shorn, except with the Governor's approval, in cases where, from continued misconduct, or violence, the Superintendent may consider such a course necessary. Such cases are to be entered in the Occurrence Book.
84. Every male prisoner shall be shaved once a week according to the custom of his country.
85 The bedding and spare clothing of each prisoner shall be aired at least twice a week, in the open air if practicable, and washed as often as is needful. If sheets or blankets are used, they shall be washed at least once a month, and sheets used by one prisoner shall on no account be used, without having been washed, by another.
86. Every prisoner convicted of Felony, and every misdemeanant (except 1st class) convicted for the first time, shall be supplied with and constantly wear the ordinary Gaol dress.
87. Every other person confined in the Gaol shall be supplied with clothes if their own is insufficient, or unfit for use, or necessary to be preserved for the purposes of justice.
88. Prisoners convicted for the 2nd and 3rd times, shall wear a parti-coloured dress distinguishing them from other prisoners. Prisoners confined for debt, or on civil process, or on remand, or committed for trial, may wear their own clothes if suitable.
89. Prisoners confined for debt, or on civil process, or on remand, or committed for trial, shall be permitted to see their legal advisers at all reasonable times, and in private if required.
90. The Superintendent may refuse this privilege if he see sufficient reason for so doing, recording the fact and his reasons in his journal (Daily Occurrence Book).
91. A convicted prisoner may see his legal adviser, if a Visiting Justice, or the Sheriff, or one of the Police Magistrates so order.
92. Every person claiming admission as a legal adviser, must be a Lawyer practising in the Supreme Court of this Colony, or the authorised European Clerk of such Lawyer accompanied by an Interpreter.
93. The friends and relations of prisoners confined for debt, or prisoners on remand, shall be allowed to see them at reasonable hours, unless the Committing Magistrates, or a Visiting Justice, order to the contrary; in the case of the latter, the Superintendent may withhold the privilege, if he see sufficient reason, recording particulars in the Daily Occurrence Book.
94. Convicted prisoners may see their relations once in the course of every three months, or in case of sickness, or, should the Superintendent see sufficient reason, oftener recording the fact and all particulars in the Daily Occurrence Book.
95. Prisoners committed for non-payment of penalties, or want of sureties, may receive visits in the same manner as prisoners on remand, if the object of the visits is to arrange the payment of the penalty, or the procuring of sureties; otherwise, they shall be subject to the same rules in this respect as convicted prisoners.
96. Male and female prisoners shall always be so confined as to prevent the former from seeing, conversing w th, or holding any intercourse with the latter.
CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS.
97. The prisoners (unless in separate confinement), shall be, so far as the accommodation in the Gaol permits, divided into the following classes:-
(1.) Felons under sentence of death.
(2.) All other fellons and misdemeanants (not being 1st class) undergoing a sentence under a 1st conviction.
Persons confined for want of sureties as dangerous characters.
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