ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885.
Prison.
310. In the event of a prisoner's attempting to escape, the officer in charge of his party will blow his whistle to attract the attention of the other officers, and will then fall-in the remaining prisoners of his party and await instructions from the head turnkey.
311. The head turnkey, the turnkey, and the Sikh guards will not fire at an escaping prisoner unless his escape cannot be prevented by any other means; and even then will only endeavour to disable him, remembering that loss of life is to be avoided if possible.
312. The assistant turnkeys will keep a book in which they will enter the numbers, names, and sentences of the prisoners of their respective parties, making special remarks as to the industry of each prisoner, and they will be responsible to the head turnkey for the tools used by their parties.
REMISSION OF SENTENCES, AND REWARDS UNDER THE MARK SYSTEM.
313. The time which every prisoner with a sentence of twelve months and upwards must pass in prison will be represented by a certain number of marks, which he must earn by actual labour performed before he can be discharged.
314. No remission will be granted for conduct. It is only on condition of good conduct and strict obedience that prisoners are allowed to earn by their industry a remission of a portion of their sentence. If, therefore, their conduct be indifferent or bad, they will be liable to be fined a certain number of marks, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and will then forfeit by misconduct the remission which they have earned by their industry.
315. The marks will be given according to the following scale--
(a.) 6 marks a day for zealous and steady hard labour.
(b.) 5 marks for a less degree of industry.
(c.) 4 marks for a moderate day's work.
316. The prisoner's marks will commence at the termination of the penal stage.
317. On the admission of a prisoner with a sentence of twelve months and upwards, such sentence will be reduced to days, which will be multiplied by four, thus giving the number of marks he is compelled to earn before his discharge; thus, take the twelve months sentence, 365 days multiplied by four will give 1,460, the number of marks he must earn at the rate of four a day to complete the whole of his sentence.
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318. If by his industry the prisoner gains six marks a day, and does not lose any for misconduct, he earns the full remission of one-third allowed by the Governor.
319. On Sundays marks will be allowed for conduct alone. Except under special circumstances where injury has accidentally resulted while on prison work, a prisoner will get only five marks a day during the time he is in hospital. Prisoners on light labour by order of the Surgeon will not get more than five marks a day.
320. Prisoners who by their misconduct forfeit the whole of their remission, will be liable to be kept in separate confinement during the last 6 months of their sentence.
321. The prison officers will be supplied with books in which they will enter each evening the marks each prisoner has earned during the day.
1937
ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885.
Prison.
310. In the event of a prisoner's attempting to escape, the officer in charge of his party will blow his whistle to attract the attention of the other officers, and will then fall-in the remaining prisoners of his party and await instructions from the head turnkey.
311. The head turnkey, the turnkey, and the Sikh guards will not fire at an escap- ing prisoner unless his escape cannot be prevented by any other means; and even then will only endeavour to disable him, remembering that loss of life is to be avoided if possible.
312. The assistant turnkeys will keep a book in which they will enter the numbers, names, and sentences of the prisoners of their respective parties, making special re- marks as to the industry of each prisoner, and they will be responsible to the head turnkey for the tools used by their parties.
REMISSION OF SENTENCES, AND REWARDS UNDER THE MARK SYSTEM.
313. The time which every prisoner with a sentence of twelve months and upwards must pass in prison will be represented by a certain number of marks, which he must earn by actual labour performed before he can be discharged.
314. No remission will be granted for conduct. It is only on condition of good conduct and strict obedience that prisoners are allowed to earn by their industry a remission of a portion of their sentence. If, therefore, their conduct be indifferent or bad, they will be liable to be fined a certain number of marks, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and will then forfeit by misconduct the remission which they have earned by their industry.
315. The marks will be given according to the following scale--
(a.) 6 marks a day for zealous and steady hard labour.
(b.) 5 marks for a less degree of industry.
(c.) 4 marks for a moderate day's work.
316. The prisoner's marks will commence at the termination of the penal stage. 317. On the admission of a prisoner with a sentence of twelve months and up- wards, such sentence will be reduced to days, which will be multiplied by four, thus giving the number of marks he is compelled to earn before his discharge; thus, take the twelve months sentence, 365 days multiplied by four will give 1,460, the number of marks he must earn at the rate of four a day to complete the whole of his sentence.
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318. If by his industry the prisoner gains six marks a day, and does not lose any for misconduct, he earns the full remission of one-third allowed by the Governor.
319. On Sundays marks will be allowed for conduct alone. Except under special circumstances where injury has accidentally resulted while on prison work, a prisoner will get only five marks a day during the time he is in hospital. Prisoners on light labour by order of the Surgeon will not get more than five marks a day.
320. Prisoners who by their misconduct forfeit the whole of their remission, will be liable to be kept in separate confinement during the last 6 months of their sentence. 321. The prison officers will be supplied with books in which they will enter each evening the marks each prisoner has earned during the day.
1937
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