ORDINANCE No. 18 of 1885.
Prison
220. The hair of European prisoners shall be cut to such moderate length as health or cleanliness may require.
221. Every prisoner shall wash his face and hands daily, and shall take a bath once a week.
222. Prisoners shall keep their cells, utensils, clothing, and bedding clean and neatly arranged; and shall clean and sweep the yards, passages, and all other parts of the prison as may be directed.
CLOTHING, BEDDING, FOOD.
223. The whole of the Chinese prisoners' clothing, and the under-clothing of the European prisoners shall be changed weekly.
224. Every prisoner shall sleep in a cell by himself, if the accommodation of the gaol will permit it, or, under special circumstances, in a cell with not fewer than two other prisoners.
225. The clothing of prisoners sentenced to penal servitude may be given to their friends, with the exception of one suit, which will be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Superintendent, in order to recoup the Government for the expense of providing a suitable suit of clothes for the prisoner on his discharge.
226. Such additional clothing and bedding may be issued, during severe weather, or in special cases, as the Surgeon may deem requisite.
227. A prisoner who has any complaint to make regarding the diet furnished to him, or who wishes his diet to be weighed to ascertain whether he is supplied with the authorised quantity, must make his request immediately it is handed to him, and it will be weighed in his presence, and in that of the officer deputed for that purpose; but frequent and groundless complaints will be treated as breaches of gaol discipline and punished accordingly.
228. For not more than ten days in each month, for the first six months of his imprisonment, each European and American prisoner shall be fed on penal diet, viz., bread and water, with half a pound of rice at midday, and for Chinese and Indians rice and water only.
229. The days on which a prisoner will be on penal diet will not be continuous, but divided into periods of not more than five days at a time, and no prisoner on penal diet will be put to hard labour.
230. As regards the food of Indian prisoners, the best possible arrangement is to be made, so that they may not be forced to choose between loss of food and loss of caste.
231. European and American prisoners whose sentences do not exceed five days will be put on penal diet, those with sentences of six to fourteen days will receive two pints of gruel daily in addition.
1927
ORDINANCE No. 18 of 1885.
Prison
220. The hair of European prisoners shall be cut to such moderate length as health or cleanliness may require.
221. Every prisoner shall wash his face and hands daily, and shall take a bath once a week.
222. Prisoners shall keep their cells, utensils, clothing, and bedding clean and neatly arranged; and shall clean and sweep the yards, passages, and all other parts of the prison as may be directed.
CLOTHING, BEDDING, FOOD.
223. The whole of the Chinese prisoners' clothing, and the under-clothing of the European prisoners shall be changed weekly.
224. Every prisoner shall sleep in a cell by himself, if the accommodation of the gaol will permit it, or, under special circumstances, in a cell with not fewer than two other prisoners.
225. The clothing of prisoners sentenced to penal servitude may be given to their friends, with the exception of one suit, which will be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Superintendent, in order to recoup the Government for the expense of providing a suitable suit of clothes for the prisoner on bis discharge.
226. Such additional clothing and bedding may be issued, during severe weather, or in special cases, as the Surgeon may deem requisite.
227. A prisoner who has any complaint to make regarding the diet furnished to him, or who wishes his diet to be weighed to ascertain whether he is supplied with the authorised quantity, must make his request immediately it is handed to him, and it will be weighed in his presence, and in that of the officer deputed for that purpose; but frequent and groundless complaints will be treated as breaches of gaol discipline and punished accordingly.
228. For not more than ten days in each month, for the first six months of his imprisonment, each European and American prisoner shall be fed on penal diet, viz., bread and water, with half a pound of rice at midday, and for Chinese and Indians rice and water only.
229. The days on which a prisoner will be on penal diet will not be continuous, but divided into periods of not more than five days at a time, and no prisoner on penal diet will be put to hard labour.
230. As regards the food of Indian prisoners, the best possible arrangement is to be made, so that they may not be forced to choose between loss of food and loss of
caste.
231. European and American prisoners whose sentences do not exceed five days will be put on penal diet, those with sentences of six to fourteen days will receive two pints of gruel daily in addition.
1927
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