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792 PRISON .
[ 18 OF 1885. ]
316. On Sundays marks will be allowed for conduct alone. Except under
special circumstances where injury has accidentally resulted while on prison
work, a prisoner will get only five marks a day during the time he is in the
Prison Hospital. Prisoners on No. 3 Industrial Light Labour by order of
the Surgeon will not get more than five marks a day.
317. Prisoners who by their misconduct forfeit the whole of their remis
sion, willsentence
be liable to be kept in separate confinement during the last 6 months
of their .
318. The officers of the prison shall be supplied with books in which
they shall enter each evening the marks each prisoner has earned during
the day .
319. When a prisoner is sentenced to forfeit any marks which he has
gained , the sentence should state the exact number of marks he loses.
320. Extra marks may be given by the Governor, on the recommendation
of the Superintendent, for special services ; such as, -
(a.) Giving information of plots.
( 6.) Protecting prison officers or prisoners from attack , or protecting
them from imminent danger.
(c.) Preventing escapes, fires, or other dangers.
(d ) Preserving order in case of disturbance.
321. Marks shall be forfeited by prisoners for misconduct according to
the punishment inflicted , generally at the rate of -
8 Marks for one day solitary confinement on bread or rice and water,
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6 for one day bread or rice and water,
6 for one day reduced penal diet,
6 for one meal stopped,
" for one pork ration stopped ,
4 for one meal bread or rice and water,
72 for a flogging
322. If a prisoner is reconvicted before the period during which he can
earn a remission he shall be allowed to earn only five marks a day instead of
six, and if he is reconvicted twice before the expiration of the period during
wbich be can earn a remission, he shall be allowed no remission.
323. All criminal prisoners with sentences of twelve months and upwaris,
who shall be employed at remunerative labour, may earn a small gratuity at
the rate of one cent for every six marks, but the whole gratuity for any one
prisoner shall not exceed $ 10. Such gratuity shall be paid at the time of
discharge. In forfeiting marks for misconduct the proportionate amount of
gratuity shall also be forfeited .
324. Prisoners will not be allowed to earn any gratuity until they have
served the first six months either in separate confinement or at No. 1 harul
labour.
* 325. The name of every prisoner under sentence for life who has served
fifteen years of his sentence, or having served ten years of his sentence has
attained or is believed in the absence of positive evidence to have attained the
age of sixty, shall be submitted for the consideration of the Governor in
Council. This rule shall be communicated to every such prisoner on entering
the prison, but each prisoner shall be made to distinctly understand that such
submission in no way implies that any remission of sentence will necessarily
be granted .
SEPARATE CONFINEMENT.
326. Where the prison accommodation permits all male prisoners sentence !
to imprisonment for upwards of two years shall pass the first six months of
their imprisonment in separate continement.