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1938 ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1885 .


Prison.


322. When a prisoner is sentenced to forfeit any marks which he has gained, the
sentence should state the exact number of marks he is to lose, as, to forfeit six marks.
323. Extra marks may be given by the Governor, on the recommendation of the
Superintendent, for special services such as :
(a.) Giving information of plots.
(b.) Protecting gaol officers or prisoners from attack, or protecting them from
imminent danger.
(c.) Preventing escapes, fires, & c.
(d.) Preserving order in case of disturbance.
324. Marks will be forfeited by prisoners for misconduct according to the punish
ment inflicted, generally at the rate of
8 Marks for one day solitary confinement on bread or rice and water,
6 99 for one day bread or rice and water,
6 99 for one day reduced penal diet,
6 "" for one meal stopped,
4 "" for one pork ration stopped ,
4 99 for one meal bread or rice and water,
72 27 for a flogging.
325. If a prisoner is reconvicted before the period of his remission has expired, he
will be allowed to earn only five marks a day instead of six, and if he is reconvicted
twice before the expiration of the period of remission , he will be allowed to earn no
remission.
326. All convicted criminal prisoners with sentences of twelve months and upwards
who shall be employed at remunerative labour, will be allowed to earn a small gratuity
at the rate of one cent for every six marks, but the whole gratuity for any one prisoner
is not to exceed $ 10 . Such gratuity shall be paid at the time of discharge . In for
feiting marks for misconduct the proportionate amount of gratuity will also be for
feited.
327. Convicts will not be allowed to earn any gratuity until they have served the
first six months either in separate confinement or at No. 1 hard labour.
328. The name of every convict under a life sentence 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 Executive Council. This rule will be
communicated to every such convict now in prison, and to any other on first reception
into prison, but each must be made to distinctly understand that such submission in
no way implies that any remission of sentence will necessarily be granted .

SEPARATE CONFINEMENT.


329. Where the gaol accommodation admits of it, all male penal servitude pri
soners shall be required to pass the first six months of their imprisonment in separate
confinement.