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ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885 . 1921


Prison.


Superintendent, shall be furnished to any such prisoner who requires it for the purpose
of communicating with his friends, or preparing his defence. Any confidential written
communication , prepared as instructions for a solicitor, may be delivered personally
to him or his authorised clerk, without being previously examined by any officer of the
prison ; but all other written communications are to be considered as letters, and are
not to be sent out of the prison without being previously inspected by the Superintendent.

159. No such prisoner shall be compelled to attend any religious service other
than his own ; but subject to these provisions he shall attend divine service on Sundays,
and on other days when such service is performed, unless prevented by illness, or
excused by the Superintendent for any other reasons.

160. Such prisoners shall also be subject to all general rules, except so far as the
same are inconsistent with the special rules relating to such prisoners.

SPECIAL RULES FOR FIRST CLASS MISDEMEANANTS .

161. No person shall be placed in this division except as provided by statute, or by
order of the Judge of Court before whom he is tried .

162. Such prisoner shall not be placed in association, or at exercise, with criminal
prisoners.

163. Such prisoner shall not be required to take a bath on reception , if, on the
application of the prisoner, the Superintendent shall decide that it is unnecessary, or
if the Surgeon state that it is for medical reasons unadvisable.

164. Every such prisoner shall be searched only by an officer specially appointed
for the purpose.

165. Such prisoner shall be placed, as soon as possible after reception , in a cell
appropriated to prisoners of his class, unless there is reason to believe that he is suffer
ing from some infectious disease, in which case he shall be detained in a reception- cell
till he can be seen by the Surgeon.

166. Such prisoner shall at all times, except when at chapel or exercise, occupy
the room or cell assigned to him.

167. The Visiting Justices or Superintendent, before granting any permission
which by the following rules they are authorised or required to grant, shall satisfy
themselves that it can be granted without interfering with the security , good order,
and government of the prison and prisoners therein ; and if, after it has been granted ,
its continuance seems likely to cause any such interference, or if the prisoner has abused
such permission, or has been guilty of any misconduct, the Visiting Justices shall have
power to suspend or withdraw such permission, and in the like circumstances the
Superintendent may withdraw or suspend the same when it has been granted by himself,
or suspend it when it has been granted by the Visiting Justices if the case is urgent ,
provided he report the case as soon as possible.