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Supplying prisoners with prohibited articles.
Prisoners not complying with the terms of a conditional pardon may be re-committed.
What description of labour to follow certain sentences of the Courts of Justice.
Indemnity clause.
ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1853.
Gaol Regulation.
6. If any person shall introduce into any prison, or wilfully convey in any manner to or within the reach of any prisoner whether within or without the gaol walls, any intoxicating drink, tobacco, opium, letters, or other thing whatsoever, without the consent of the gaoler, he shall pay a penalty of not exceeding five pounds sterling to be recovered in a summary manner before any Justice of the Peace under the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.
7. If any prisoner have been released from confinement under any conditional pardon granted by His Excellency the Governor, and have failed to fulfil such conditions, it shall be lawful for any gaoler or constable to apprehend the said prisoner, and to convey him together with the original warrant of commitment before any Justice of the Peace, and such Justice, on being satisfied that the conditions of release have not been complied with, may in his discretion record a minute of the same on the warrant; after which the warrant shall have the same force and effect as if such pardon or remission had not been granted; but the Justice shall in every such case report his proceedings to His Excellency the Governor.
8. When any Magistrate or Court shall sentence a prisoner to hard labour, this shall be understood to mean hard labour (in chains if necessary) within or without the prison walls, in such mode as the gaoler under the sanction of the sheriff may appoint; and if a prisoner be sentenced to hard labour within the prison, this shall be understood to mean similar labour imposed in a similar manner within the prison walls; and if a prisoner be sentenced to imprisonment, this shall be understood to mean imprisonment with labour of such light description within the prison walls as may be appointed by the gaoler under the sanction of the sheriff; and persons charged with any crime or offence, confined for want of sureties, shall be under the same regulations as to labour as those sentenced to simple imprisonment, and if prisoners for debt, or on civil process, or under committal for trial, shall request to be employed in labour, the gaoler may, with their consent, employ them in such work as may seem to him suitable.
9. No action or proceeding at law shall be brought against any sheriff, gaoler, or other officer of the said gaol for any act heretofore done by them, or any of them in enforcing discipline therein.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.]
NOTE.- Regulations for the government of the Victoria Gaol appear to have been made and approved under this Ordinance on the 11th May 1857 and 25th June 1857, respectively, but not to have been gazetted.
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Supplying pri soners with pro- hibited articles.
Prisoners vot complying with the terms of a conditional par- don may be re- committed.
What descrip-
tion of labour to follow certain
sentences of the Courts of Justi-
.ce.
Indemnity clanse.
ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1853.
Gaol Regulation.
6. If any person shall introduce into any prison, or wilfully convey in any manner to or within the reach of any prisoner whether within or without the gaol walls, any intoxicating drink, tobacco, opium, letters, or other thing whatsoever, without the consent of the gaoler, he shall pay a penalty of not exceeding five pounds sterling to be recovered in a summary manner before any Justice of the Peace under the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.
7. If any prisoner have been released from confinement under any conditional pardon granted by His Excellency the Governor, and have failed to fulfil such conditions, it shall be lawful for any gaoler or constable to apprehend the said prisoner, and to convey him together with the original warrant of commitment before any Justice of the Peace, and such Justice, on being satisfied that the conditions of release have not been complied with, may in his discretion record a minute of the same on the warrant; after which the warrant shall have the same force and effect as if such pardon or remission had not been granted; but the Justice shall in every such case report his proceedings to His Excellency the Governor.
8. When any Magistrate or Court shall sentence a prisoner to hard labour, this. shall be understood to mean hard labour (in chains if necessary) within or without the prison walls, in such mode as the gaoler under the sanction of the sheriff may appoint; and if a prisoner be sentenced to hard labour within the prison, this shall be understood to mean similar labour imposed in a similar manner within the prison walls; and if a prisoner be sentenced to imprisonment, this shall be understood to mean imprisonment with labour of such light description within the prison walls as may be appointed by the gaoler under the sanction of the sheriff; and persons charged with any crime or offence, confined for want of sureties, shall be under the same re- gulations as to labour as those sentenced to simple imprisonment, and if prisoners for debt, or on civil process, or under committal for trial, shall request to be employed in labour, the gaoler may, with their consent, employ them in such work as may seem to him suitable.
9. No action or proceeding at law shall be brought against any sheriff, gaoler, or other officer of the said gaol for any act heretofore done by them, or any of them in enforcing discipline therein.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1863.]
NOTE.- Regulations for the government of the Victoria Gaol appear to have been made and approved under this Ordinance on the 11th May 1857 and 25th June 1857, respectively, but not to have been gazetted.
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