ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885.
Prison.
1901
approved by the Governor.
7. No cell shall be used for the separate confinement of a prisoner unless it has been approved in writing by the Governor for the purpose, and the Governor shall not give his approval in respect of any cell unless he is satisfied that it is of such a size, and is lighted, warmed, ventilated, and fitted up in such a manner as may be requisite for health, and furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison; but a distinction may be made in respect of the use of cells for the separate confinement of prisoners during long and short periods of imprisonment, and in respect of the use of cells in which the prisoner is intended to be employed during the whole day, or for a long or short part thereof; and the Governor's approval may be varied accordingly, so as to express the period of imprisonment for which each cell may be considered fit, and the number of hours in the day during which the prisoners may be employed therein.
No punishment cell shall be used unless it has been approved in writing by the Governor, and the Governor shall not give his approval in respect of any such cell unless he is satisfied that it is furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison, and that it can be used as a punishment cell without detriment to the prisoner's health, and the time for which it may be so used shall be stated in the approval.
Every approved cell shall be distinguished by a number or mark placed in a conspicuous position, and shall be referred to by its number or mark in the Governor's approval, and the number or mark of any approved cell shall not be changed without the Governor's approval.
Any approval given by the Governor in respect of a cell may be withdrawn on such alteration taking place in such cell as to render the approval, in his opinion, inapplicable thereto, and upon an approval in respect of a cell being withdrawn, that cell shall cease to be an approved cell for the purposes of this Ordinance.
8. Hard labour for the purposes of sentences of imprisonment with hard labour or penal servitude shall be of two classes, consisting, 1st, of work at the tread wheel, shot drill, crank, capstan, stone-breaking, or such other like description of hard bodily labour as may be appointed by the Governor, which work is hereinafter referred to as hard labour of the first class; 2ndly, of such other description of bodily labour as may be appointed by the Governor, which work is hereinafter referred to as hard labour.
ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885.
Prison.
1901
approved by the Governor.
7. No cell shall be used for the separate confinement of a prisoner Cells to be unless it has been approved in writing by the Governor for the purpose, and the Governor shall not give his approval in respect of any cell unless he is satisfied that it is of such a size, and is lighted, warmed, ventilated, and fitted up in such a manner as may be requisite for health, and furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison; but a distinction may be made in respect of the use of cells for the separate confinement of prisoners during long and short periods of imprisonment, and in respect of the use of cells in which the prisoner is intended to be employed during the whole day, or for a long or short part thereof; and the Governor's approval may be varied accordingly, so as to express the period of imprisonment for which each cell may be considered fit, and the number of hours in the day during which the prisoners may be employed therein.
No punishment cell shall be used unless it has been approved in writing by the Governor, and the Governor shall not give his approval in respect of any such cell unless he is satisfied that it is furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison, and that it can be used as a punishment cell without detri- ment to the prisoner's health, and the time for which it may be so used shall be stated in the approval.
Every approved cell shall be distinguished by a number or mark placed in a conspicuous position, and shall be referred to by its number or mark in the Governor's approval, and the number or mark of any approved cell shall not be changed without the Governor's approval.
Any approval given by the Governor in respect of a cell may be withdrawn on such alteration taking place in such cell as to render the approval, in his opinion, inapplicable thereto, and upon an approval in respect of a cell being withdrawn, that cell shall cease to be an approved cell for the purposes of this Ordinance.
8. Hard labour for the purposes of sentences of imprisonment with hard labour or penal servitude shall be of two classes, consisting, 1st, of work at the tread wheel, shot drill, crank, capstan, stone-breaking, or such other like description of hard bodily labour as may be appointed by the Governor, which work is hereinafter referred to as hard labour of the first class; 2ndly, of such other description of bodily labour as may be appointed by the Governor, which work is hereinafter referred to as hard
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