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PRISON , ( 18 OF 1885. ] 787

267. Prisoners shall obey the orilers of the Superintendent, warden , and
of the subordinate officers who shall be placed over them from time to time.
268. Prisoners are strictly forbidden to have in possession, or to attempt
to receive money, tobacco, opium , flint , steel , iron, implements, string, immoral
books, or any articles not allowed to them by the rules of the prison, or
permitted by the Superintendent, and they are not to conceal any articles of
food about their persons, or in any ward or cell.
269. No punishment or privation of any kind shall be awarded except by
the Superintendent, or by the Superintendent in conjunction with a Visiting
Justice subject nevertheless to rule 272.
270. The following acts are declared to be offences against prison
discipline :
1. Disobedience of the regulations of the prison by any prisoner.
2. Common assault by one prisoner on another .
3. Profane cursing and swearing, and obscene language by any prisoner.
4. Indecent behaviour by any prisoner.
5. Insulting or threatening language by any prisoner, to any officer or
prisoner.
6. Illeness or negligence at work by any convicted criminal prisoner.
7. Wilful mismanagement of work by any convicted criminal prisoner.
8. Disorderly conduct by any prisoner.
271. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent to examine any prisoner
touching such offences, and to punish them by ordering any offender to be
kept in a punishment- cell for not more than three days, on bread, or rice and
water, or he may deprive a prisoner of his pork for not more than four meals
at one time .

272. The Superintendent may deprive any prisoner of his evening meal
for persistent and aggravated idleness, or refusal to labour. In the unavoidable
absence of the Superintendent, the warden may in like cases deprive any
prisoner of half his evening meal .
273. The Superintendent may restrain in cross irons of ten lbs. weight,
or less , or in handcuffs, any disorderly or violent prisoner for not longer than
twenty - four hours at one time ; if a longer period than twenty -four hours is
required a written order must be obtained from one of the Visiting Justices
for the week , who shall at once attend and investigate the case . In case of
emergency however the Superintendent may on his own responsiblity impose
the restraints provided by this rule for such period as may seem necessary,
obtaining the presence of one of the Visiting Justices for the week as soon as
possible . The order of such Justice, made on investigation of the case, shall
indemnify the Superintendent.
274. If any male prisoner is guilty of any of the following offences,
viz . :

Mutiny or open incitement to mutiny in the prison, personal violence to
any officer of the prison, aggravated or repeated assault on a follow
prisoner, repetition of threatening language to any officer or prisoner,
and any act of insubordination requiring to be suppressed by
extraordinary means, the Superintendent shall have the power to
sentence the said prisoner to corporal punishment not to exceed
twelve strokes of the rattan .
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to report at once to the Governor
every case of his exercising the power conferred on him by this section.