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PRISON . [ 18 OF 1885. ] 773

95. Any officer, on entering the prison service, may be employed in any
part of the Colony, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ
him .

96. No subordinate officer shall punish a prisoner, except when ordered to
do so by the Superintendent.
97. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three
months of his service ; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expira
tion of three months unless the officer has proved himself in all respects fitted
for the post .
98. No officer of the prison shall smoke or chew tobacco while on duty,
or take tobacco inside the inner gate of the prison .
99. Every subordinate officer of the prison who shall fail to exercise a
proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or to perform
any duty enforced upon him by the regulations of the prison ,or shall wilfully
or carelessly disobey, neglect or evade, or permit to be disobeyed, neglected ,
or evaded, any rule, regulation, or order, lawfully made and provided in
respect of such prison, shall be liable to be dealt with by the Superintendent
under rule No. 2 .
100. The subordinate officers shall conduct themselves in an orderly and
respectable manner at all times when off duty .
101. When on duty subordinate officers shall appear neatly dressed in the
uniform of the prison . Uniforms will be supplied to them half-yearly , viz .,
two suits wbite summer clothing, with boots, helmet and puggarees in May ;
and one cloth suit, with boots and cap in November. They will be supplied
with an overcoat every fourth year.
102. Subordinate officers suspended from duty and afterwards restored to
ibeir situations shall not receive any pay for the timeduring which they shall
have been suspended , except by special order of the Governor.
103. All subordinate officers, on being relieved from any particular duty,
or transferred to another part of the prison, shall point out to their successors
all matters of special importance connected with their duties, and explain any
directions of the Superintendent, or other superior officer, affecting any
particular prisoner.
104. Any subordinate officer disabled from the regular performance of his
duties by illness shall report the same to the Colonial Surgeon, who will, if
necessary, oriler his removal to the Government Civil Hospital; and during
the time he is there he shall conform to the rules of that establishment, and
pay such charges as may be claimed for his maintenance and treatment.
105. No officer shall directly or indirectly have any interest in any con
tract or supply connected with the prison nor shall he receive, under any
pretence whatever, any fee or gratuity from any person connected with such
contract or supply .
106. All officers of the prison shall be liable to dismissal for improper
conduct.
107. Officers confined to hospital or otherwise incapacitated from duty
from venereal disease or other cause arising from their own indiscretion shall
forfeit half their pay during the period of their being so incapacitated .
SURGEON
108. The Surgeon shall have the medical charge of all the prisoners in the
prison, and of their treatment when sick . He shall also give medical advice
and assistance, including medicine, to the officers of the prison and their
families. He shall report from time to time, as may be directed , upon the