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Governor authorized
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MAY, 1863.
to set apart Parts of present Gaol for "The
II. So much and such Parts of the present Gaol in Victoria as His Excellency the Governor shall from time to time by order in writing direct for the purpose shall be set Victoria Gaol" and apart and be used for a Gaol and shall be called the "Victoria Gaol," and so much and such parts of the said present Gaol as His Excellency the Governor shall from time to time by order in writing direct for the purpose shall be set apart and used for a Debtors' Ward or Prison and shall be called the Debtors' Ward in the Victoria Gaol.
other Parts for Deb- tors' Ward.
Governor authorized
of StoneCutters 'Island
of such Gaol,
III. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor by order in writing under to set apart all or part his hand to appropriate and set apart the whole or so much and such parts of Stone for a Gaol and Hulk Cutters' Island in the Harbour of Victoria as His Excellency shall from time to time to be treated as part direct for a Gaol, which shall be called the "New Gaol," and until the said "New Gaol" shall be finished and for such further time as His Excellency the Governor shall think fit a certain Hulk now in course of being fitted for the purpose of receiving Prisoners to be employed on the said Island shall be treated as forming part of the said lastmentioned Gaol.
Governor authorized
sites for Gaol and
IV. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor by order in writing under to set apart any other his hand from time to time hereafter to appropriate and set apart any other site or sites Debtors' Ward. within the said Colony as and for a Gaol or Gaols and a Debtors' Ward or Debtors' Wards which sites respectively shall be called by such names respectively as shall in any such order be specified.
Governor authorized to determine the use• of the said Gaol and Debtors' Wards.
authorized for landing
V. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor from time to time by order in writing to determine the use of the said Gaol and Debtors' Ward and of such other Gaols and Debtors' Wards as shall have been formed as aforesaid or of any or either of them for the purposes of a Gaol and Debtors' Ward respectively and to dedicate the same sites respectively for any other purposes.
Penalty on Persons VI. From and after the passing of this Ordinance no Person shall land upon the other than those duly said Island called Stone Cutters' Island except a Justice of Peace, an Officer of Police approaching or such Persons as shall be duly authorized by an order signed by the Colonial Secretary; Stone Cutters' Island. and no Vessel shall without sufficient reason approach to within the distance of One
on
or
dents and Staff for each Gaol to be ap- pointed.
hundred yards from the said Island except Police Boats, Commissariat Boats, Boats belonging to Her Majesty's Ships of War, or Boats carrying Justices of the Peace or persons employed in the service of this Government, or persons duly authorized as above; and any Person who, contrary to this Ordinance, shall land on the said Island or shall being in any Vessel wilfully approach within the said distance from the said Island shall incur a penalty of not exceeding Five hundred Dollars.
How Superinten- VII. Each Gaol shall be under the care and control of an Officer to be styled the Superintendent of such Gaol, who shall be assisted by a Staff to be appointed from time to time by His Excellency the Governor, and such portion of any Gaol as shall be set apart for the confinement of Debtors shall be further subject to the supervision and authority of the Sheriff of the Colony; and it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint a Superintendent General of Prisons, if he shall think fit.
Rules, &c., to be made.
altered as after pro- vided for.
VIII. All Persons within the said Gaols and Debtors' Wards respectively already constituted or hereafter to be constituted shall be subject to such general and special Rules and Regulations and to such penalties and punishments respectively as are hereinafter authorized or as shall be laid down and Imposed by Rules and Regu- lations to be passed and authorized in manner hereinafter provided.
Gaol Rules now in IX. The Rules now in use for the Regulation of the Gaol of Victoria shall continue use to continue until in force for the Government of all Gaols and Debtors' Wards in this Colony until the same shall be modified as hereinafter provided, and a copy of the said Rules shall be 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 said Gaols and Debtors' Wards, and a Copy shall also be appended to the Justices' Visit- ing Book in every Gaol.
Alteration of Rules provided.
X. Such Regulations shall be from time to time revised or added to as may be found necessary, and for this purpose it shall be competent for His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council to inake such revisions or additions, or for any number of Justices of the Peace, not less than three, of whom a 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 nalties in Rules, &c. Magistrate to forward such amended Regulations to the Colonial Secretary. Provided
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