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Regulations As Lights.

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Prisoners on admis- -ion to be searched.

How Prisoners to be Registered, &c.

Copies of Regulations to be hung up.

Cleaning of Gaol.

Washing of Prisoners.

&c.

Airing of Clothing,

Prison Dress.

provide for Prisoners, ác.

Employment

[MARCH 12, 1859,

XXVIII. IIe shall cause a Light to be 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 within reach of the Prisoners; and a Light shall also be placed in each of the sleeping apartments of the Officers of the Gagl not on duty, in order that such Officers may in case of alarm be ready for duty in the shortest possible time.

The Hongkong Government Gazette.

XXIX. He shall cause that every Prisoner on admission be placed in a recep tion Cell, and strictly searched, and that all Knives, Weapons, Instruments, or things whatsoever likely to facilitate escape, be taken from such Prisoner; but no such search shall be made in presence of any other Prisoner, nor shall any Female Prisoner be searched except by the Matron of the Gaol.

XXX. On the Admission of each Prisoner, the Warden shall cause to be recorded in the Gaol Register, the Prisoner's Name, Sex, Country, Age, Height, Features, whether such Prisoner can read or write, and other particulars that he may deem necessary; and he shall take charge of all Money, Clothes, and other Effects that such Prisoner may have, or which may from time to time be sent on the Prisoner's account, and shall record an inventory of the same in the Prisoner's Pro- perty Book, with the time of the Prisoner's admission, or of their receipt, and shall restore them on the Prisoner's discharge, or dispose of them as the Governor of the Gaol may direct; but any of such Money or Property which a Prisoner before trial may require for the purpose of assisting him in conducting his defence on such trial shall be restored to him by the said Governor on demand.

XXXI. The Governor of the Gaol shall cause plain and legible Copies of these Regulations, in English and Chinese, to be fixed in conspicuous places within the Gaol, and so that every Prisoner may have access thereto; and Translations in the Chinese language of all Regulations now in force or hereafter to be enacted, with regard to the conduct of the Gaol, shall be posted up in at least Three conspicuous places therein.

XXXII. He shall cause every part of the Gaol premises to be swept daily clean, or oftener if requisite, and shall cause the Gaol to be washed throughout at least once a Week.

XXXIII. He shall cause every Prisoner to wash himself daily, and that the whole Person of every Prisoner be washed thoroughly at least once a Week, and the Clothes constantly worn by such Prisoner next the skin, to be exchanged for a clean suit at least once a Weck. In the case of Prisoners under sentence of trans- portation or penal servitude, and also of Prisoners whom the Governor of the Gaol shall find to be of incorrigibly filthy habits, or whose health shall otherwise require it, he shall as soon as convenient after sentence cause their tails (if any) to be cut off, and to be so kept until six months before their enlargement. He shall cause the hair of every Prisoner to be kept cut as closely as such Prisoner has been in the habit of wearing it, but (except as above, and also except in the case of Europeans) not more closely, unless the Medical Officer so order; and he shall cause all Male Prisoners to be shared once a week, in the manner in which they may before have been accus- tomed to be shaved.

XXXIV. He shall cause the Bedding and spare Clothing of every Prisoner to be aired once a Week, in the open air if practicable, and to be washed as often as needful.

XXXV. He shall cause every Prisoner convicted of Felony, every Prisoner committed for trial for Felony, and every misdemeanant sentenced to more than four Weeks' imprisonment with hard labor, to be supplied with (and constantly wear) a parti-coloured Dress, and with two suits of all Clothing worn next the skin, and all other Prisoners shall be duly supplied with Clothes, if their own be insufficient, or unfit for use, or necessary to be preserved for purposes of Justice: but the Dress of such other Prisoners shall not be conspicuously marked, and every Prisoner shall be supplied with sufficient Bedding. If Sheets or Blankets be used, he shall see that they be washed at least once a Month, and that a Sheet used by one Pri- soner be not transferred unwashed to another.

Governor of Gaol to XXXVI. The said Governor shall provide useful employment, and the neces- sary materials and instruction for all Prisoners, and shall record the expense on the Debtor side of the Prisoners' Work Book, and on the Creditor side the price at which the product of the Prisoners' Labour is from time to time sold, or, (if for Government usc,) estimated, and shall balance the account at the close of every Month; and he is hereby empowered to make Contracts for the supply of labour by the Prisoners, consistently with the these Regulations, and to sell the produce of the Prisoners' labour in other cases, recording in the proper Book all Contracts or Sales so made, and the amount of Money received.

Medical and spiritual Mante,

XXXVI. He shall without delay call the attention of the Chaplain or Medical Officer to any Prisoner whose state of mind or body may appear to require their assistance, and he may, until further orders, change any treatment (not strictly Medical) appearing to affect such Prisoner injuriously.

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