THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MAY, 1863.
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VIII. All Persons within the said Gaol and Debtors' Ward or Wards respectively Rules, &c., to be already constituted or hereafter to be constituted shall be subject to such general and" cial Rules and Regulations and to such penalties and punishments respectively as re hereinafter authorized or as shall be laid down and imposed by Rules and Regu- tions to be passed and authorized in manner hereinafter provided.
altered as after pro-
IX. The Rules now in use for the Regulation of the Gaol of Victoria shall continue Gaol Rules now in in force for the Government of all Gaols and Debtors' Wards in this Colony until the use to continue until aine shall be modified as hereinafter provided, and a copy of the said Rules shall be vided for. continually displayed within the said Gaols and Debtors' Wards respectively in some conspicuous place where they may be with facility seen and read by the Inmates of the id Gaols and Debtors' Wards, and a Copy shall also be appended to the Justices' Visit- ing Book in every Gaol.
X. Such Regulations shall be from time to time revised or added to as may be Alteration of Rules Sound necessary, and for this purpose it shall be competent for His Excellency The provided. Governor in Executive Council to make such revisions or additions, or for any number of Justices of the Peace, not less than three, of whom the First Police Magistrate shall be one to meet, and frame such revisions or additions as may be considered expedient; provided that such amended Regulations shall not have effect until they shall have been approved by His Excellency The Governor, and it shall the duty of The Police Magistrate to forward such amended Rugulations to the Colonial Secretary. Provided Limitation of Pe- also that no greater penalties shall be imposed for any breach of any Prison Rule than' to the extent hereby provided.
nalties in Rules, &c.
tendent alone to pu-
soners.
XI. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any Gaol to punish by Imprison- Power of Superia- ment in a Solitary Cell for not exceeding Three Days on Bread and Water or Rice and nish refractory Pri- Water, or, if the Prisoner be under conviction of Felony, to punish by moderate corporal punishment not exceeding Twelve Strokes of a Rattan, any Prisoner whom he may find after due investigation to have been guilty of any of the following offences or of any breach of Prison Regulation or Discipline:
Assault and Battery.
Profane Cursing or Swearing or using indecent, violent or insulting Language. Indecent, irreverent, or disorderly behaviour.
Idleness or Negligence in Work or wilful Damage to or mismanagement of it. Wilful damage to any Cell, Ward or Room, or to any Gaol Furniture or Property whatsoever.
If punishment be flogging Twelve hours
fliction and exceptions to such punishment.
XII. No corporal punishment shall be inflicted until after the expiration of Twelve, Hours after the Prisoner shall have been sentenced thereto under the preceding Section, to expire before its in- and no Corporal Punishment shall be inflicted on any Prisoner confined for debt or on first class misdemeanants, or on any Officer of the Gaol.
tendent and Justice of
intendent insuffi-
XIII. If a Prisoner be guilty of any of the above Offences or of a breach of Gaol Powers of Superin- Regulations or Discipline for the due punishment of which the Superintendent of any the Peace to punish Gaol may deem the powers vested in him insufficient, it shall be lawful for such Super- when those of Super- intendent in conjunction with any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony after in-cient. quiry to punish such Prisoner by close or Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water or Rice and Water for not exceeding Fourteen Days, or, if the Prisoner be under con- viction for Felony or have within Three Months next previous been guilty of a similar Offence, by personal correction not exceeding Thirty-six Strokes.
in
any Prison or XIV. Any Person who shall convey or cause to be conveyed into any manner to or within the reach of any Prisoner, whether within the Gaol walls or without, any Disguise Instrument or Arms to facilitate the escape of any Prisoner shall, on conviction before two Police Magistrates or one Police Magistrate and two other Justices of the Peace, be subject to Imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding Six Months: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prevent such Person from being proceeded against by Indictment or Information if deemed proper.
Penalty for assisting Prisoner to escape.
Penalty for sup- plying Articles
XV. If any Person shall introduce into any Prison or wilfully convey in any man- Ler to or within the reach of any Prisoner, whether within or without the Gaol Walls, Prisoners. any intoxicating Drink, Tobacco, Opium, Letter or other articles whatsoever without the consent of the Superintendent, he shall pay a penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, and such articles shall be confiscated.
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