Section 14. Vagrants admitted to work-houses under this Act shall be subject to such rules of management and dis

14. Vagrants admitted to work-houses under this Act shall be subject to such rules of management and discipline as may from time to time be prescribed by the Local Government with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council. The Local Government may authorize any Governor of a work-house to punish (under or not under the supervision and direction of a Committee of Management, as the Local Government thinks fit) any vagrant who knowingly disobeys or neglects any such rule with any one of the following punishments (namely)— (a) solitary confinement within the work-house for any time not exceeding seven days; (b) solitary confinement within the work-house for any time not exceeding three days upon a diet reduced to such extent as the Local Government may prescribe; (c) hard labour for any time not exceeding seven days; (d) reduction of diet to such extent as the Local Government may prescribe for any time not exceeding five days; Or in lieu of any such punishment any such vagrant may, on conviction before a Magistrate of such disobedience or neglect, be punishable with rigorous imprisonment in jail for a term which may extend to three months. Refusal to accept employment.