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PRISOX. [ 18 of 1885. ] 761


(5.) In a prison where criminal prisoners are confined,
such prisoners shall, as far as possible, be prevented
from holding any communication with each other,
either by every prisoner being kept in a separate
cell by day and by night, except when he is at
chapel or taking exercise, or by every prisoner being
contined by night to his cell, and being subjected
to such superintendence during the day as will,
consistently with the provisions of this ordinance,
proverit his communicating with any other prisoner.
( 6 ) In a prison where prisoners under the age of 16 years
are contined, they shall be kept separate from pri
soners of or above that age.
7. No cell shall be used for the separate confinement of a Cells to be
prisoner unless it has been approved in writing by the Governor approved by .
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 respectof the useof 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 inay 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
theroin .

No punishment cell shall be used unless it has beenapproved
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 wbich 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 inay
be withdrawn on such alteration taking place in such cell as to