548 ORDINANCE No. 4 of 1863 .
Gaol.
of Justices of the Peace, not less than three, of whom a Police Magistrate shall be
one to meet, and frame such revisions or additions as may be considered expedient ;
provided that such amended regulations shall not have effect until they shall have
been approved by His Excellency the Governor, and it shall be the duty of the Police
Limitation of Magistrate to forward such amended regulations to the Colonial Secretary. Provided.
penalties in
rules, &c.
also that no greater penalties shall be imposed for any breach of any prison rule than
to the extent hereby provided .
Power of 11. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any gaol to punish by imprison
Superintendent
alone to punish ment in a solitary cell for not exceeding three days on bread and water or rice and
refractory
prisoners.
[See Ord. No. 2 of water, or, if the prisoner be under conviction of felony, to punish by moderate corporal
1878.]
punishment not exceeding twelve strokes of a rattan, any prisoner whom he may find
after due investigation to have been guilty of any of the following offences or of any
breach of prison regulation or discipline :
Assault and battery.
Profane cursing or swearing or using indecent, violent or insulting language.
Indecent, irreverent, or disorderly behaviour.
Idleness or negligence in work or wilful damage to or mismanagement of it.
Wilful damage to any cell, ward or room, or to any gaol furniture or property
whatsoever.
Powers of 12. If a prisoner be guilty of any of the above offences or of a breach of gaol
Superintendent
and Justice of regulations or discipline for the due punishment of which the Superintendent of any
the Peace to
punish when
those of gaol may deem the powers vested in him insufficient , it shall be lawful for such Super
Superintendent
insufficient. intendent in conjunction with any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony after
[See Ord. No. 2 of
1878.] inquiry to punish such prisoner by close or solitary confinement on bread and water
or rice and water for not exceeding fourteen days, or, if the prisoner be under con
viction for felony or have within three months next previous been guilty of a similar
offence, by personal correction not exceeding thirty- six strokes.
Ifpunishment be 13. No corporal punishment shall be inflicted without the written certificate of
flogging, twelve
hours to expire
before its the Medical Officer that the prisoner can receive the punishment without injury to his
infl'ction, and
exceptions to health ; and no such punishment shall be inflicted until after the expiration of twelve
such punish
ment. hours after the prisoner shall have been sentenced thereto under the two sections next
preceding, and no corporal punishment shall be inflicted on any prisoner confined for
debt or on first class misdemeanants.
Penalty for 14. If any person shall introduce into any prison or wilfully convey in any manner
supplying
articles to
prisoners. to or within the reach of any prisoner, whether within or without the gaol walls, any
intoxicating drink, tobacco, opium, letter or other articles not allowed by the rules of
such prison, he shall pay a penalty not exceeding twenty -five dollars, and such articles
shall be confiscated.
What labour 15. When any Magistrate or Court shall sentence a prisoner to hard labour, the
incident to
certain sentences same shall mean hard labour (in chains if necessary) within or without the prison walls
and what
prisoners to be in such mode as the Superintendent of such gaol shall with the sanction of His Excel
free from
imposed labour.
lency the Governor appoint, and if a prisoner be sentenced to hard labour within the
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.