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762 [ 18 of 1885. ] PRISON .


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upon an approval in respect of a cell being withdrawn, that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.
Hard labour, 8. Hard labour for the purposes of sentences of imprisonment
[* 1887.
of See No.10
) with hard labour or penal servitude * shall be of two classes,
consisting, Ist, 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 of the second class ; and in every prison where
prisoners sentenced to hard labour or penal servitude are
confined, adequate means shall be provided for enforcing hard
labour in accordance with the regulations of this ordinance; but
prisoners may be employed in hard labour of the second class
outside the walls of the prison under the control of a prison
officer belonging to such prison, and employment in the necessary
services of the prison may, in the case of a limited number of
prisoners, to be selected by the Superintendent as a reward for
industry and good behaviour, be deemed to be hard labour of
the second class.
Misdemean . 9. In every prison, prisoners convicted of misdemeanor, and
ants of the
1st and 2nd not sentenced to hard labour, shall be divided into at least two
divisions.
divisions, one of wbich shall be called the first division ; and
whenever any person convicted of misdemeanor is sentenced to
imprisonment without bard labour, the Court or Judge before
whom such person has been tried may order, if such Court or
Judge thinks fit, that such person shall be treated as a mis
demeanant of the first division, and a misdemeanant of the first
division shall not be deemed to be a criminal prisoner within
the meaning of this ordinance. Every person imprisoned under
any rule, order, or attachment for contempt of Court shall be
treated as a misdemeanant of the first division .
Aiding in 10. Every person who aids any prisoner in escaping or
escape.
attempting to escape from any prison, or who, with intent to
facilitate the escape of any prisoner, conveys or causes to be
onveyed into any prison any mask , dress, or other disguise, or
any letter, or any other article or thing, shall be guilty of
felony, and on conviction be sentenced to imprisonment with
hard labour for a term not exceeding two years.
Introduction 11. Every person who, contrary to the regulations of the
of
Articles into prisons, brings or attempts by any means whatever to introduce
prison. into any prison any spirituous or fermented liquor or tobacco or