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PRISON . 763
[ 18 OF 1885. ]
opium, and every officer of a prison who suffers any spirituous
or fermented liquor or tobacco or opium to be sold or used
therein, contrary to the prison regulations, on conviction shall
be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months, or to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or both
in the discretion of the Court, and every officer of a prison
convicted under this section shall, in addition to any other
punishment, forfeit his office and all arrears of salary due to
him .
12. Every person who, contrary to the regulations of a Conveying
documents or
prison , conveys or attempts to convey any letter or other docu- articlesout of
ment, or any article whatever not allowed by such regulations a prison ..
into or out of any prison, shall on conviction incur a penalty
not exceeding ten pounds, and, if an officer of the prison, shall
forfeit his office and all arrears of salary due to him , but this
section shall not apply in cases where the offender is liable to a
more severe punisbinent under any other provision of this
ordinance.
13. The Superintendent shall cause to be affixed in a cons- Superintend
picuous place outside the prison a notice in English and in pareminitions for
Chinese setting forth the penalties that will be incurred by breaches ofed
the 3 prec
persons committing any oflence in contravention of the three ing sections.
preceding sections.
14. It shall be the duty of the Coroner to hold an inquest Inquest
held on a
to be
on the body of every prisoner who may die within a prison, death in pri
and in no case shall' any officer of the prison, or any prisoner personsCertain
Son .
dis
confined in the prison , or any person engaged in any sort of qualitied from
serving as a
trade or dealing with the prison, be a juror on such inquest. juror at such
inquests.
15. If any suit or action is prosecuted against any person Protection of
for any thing done in pursuance of this ordinance, such person persons
mainit acts
may plead that the same was done by authority of this ordi- done under ordi
nance; and if a verdict passes for the defendant, or the plaintiff hance .

becomes ponsuited , or discontinues his action after issue joined,
or if, upon demurrer or otherwise, judgment be given against
the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover costs as between
solicitor and client and have the like remedy for the same as
any defendant has by law in other cases ; and though a verdict
be given for the plaintiff in any such action, such plaintiff shall
not have costs against the defendant, unless the Judge before
whom the trial takes place certifies his approbation of the action
and the verdict obtained thereupon.
16. Offences under this ordinance , with the exception of Offences
felonies, and of offences for the mode of trial of which express felonies to be
provision is made by this ordinance, shall be prosecuted sum- prosecuted
summarily
marily before a Police Magistrate . before a
Vagistrate.