The Prisons Act, 1870, 26 of 1870 (Rep., Act 9 of 1894)

Sections

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3. 1Every Gaoler and subordinate officer of a prison ill-treating any prisoner, or wilfully violating or
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5. 2Whenever the Superintendent considers it necessary (with reference either to the state of the prison
6. 3Except in case of urgent necessity, no prisoner shall be put in irons or under mechanical restraint
7. 4The Local Government may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Act,
8. 5All rules now in force relating to any of the matters mentioned in sections fourteen, thirty-one, th
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14. 8The Medical Officer shall, from time to time, examine the labouring prisoners while they are employe
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18. 10All officers of a prison shall obey the directions of the Superintendent: all subordinate officers s
19. 11No
20. 12No officer of a prison shall, nor shall any person in trust for or employed by him, have any interes
21. 13Subject to the orders of the Inspector General of Prisons, the Superintendent shall
22. 14The Local Government shall make rules as to each of the following matters:
23. 15Whenever the Medical Officer has reason to believe that the mind of a prisoner is, or is likely to b
24. 16On the death of any prisoner, the Medical Officer shall forthwith record in writing the following particulars, namely,
25. 17Section 17
26. 18The Gaoler shall reside in the prison, unless the Superintendent permits him in writing to reside elsewhere
27. 19The Gaoler shall deliver to the Medical Officer daily a list of such prisoners as are confined in punishment-cells
28. 20Upon the death of a prisoner, the Gaoler shall give immediate notice thereof to the Superintendent
29. 21The Gaoler shall keep, or cause to be kept, the following records:
30. 23The Gaoler shall not be absent from the prison for a night without permission in writing from the Su
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32. 25The officer acting as Gate-Porter, or any other officer of the prison, may examine anything carried
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35. 27Section 27
36. 28All money or other effects in respect whereof no order of a competent court has been made, and which
37. 29All prisoners, previously to being removed to any other prison, shall be examined by the Medical Officer
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39. 38The Medical Officer shall, from time to time, examine the labouring prisoners while they are employe
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42. 40Section 40
43. 41All directions given by the Medical Officer in relation to any prisoner, with the exception of order
44. 42In every prison an infirmary or proper place for the reception of sick prisoners shall be provided
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46. 43Section 43
47. 44The Gaoler may demand the name and address of any visitor to a prisoner; and, when the Gaoler has an
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49. 48The Superintendent may examine any person touching such offences, and determine thereupon, and punish such offences
50. 49Section 49
51. 50All corporal punishment within the prison shall be inflicted in the presence of the Superintendent,
52. 51Every Gaoler and subordinate officer of a prison ill-treating any prisoner, or wilfully violating or
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54. 52Whenever the Superintendent considers it necessary (with reference either to the state of the prison
55. 53Except in case of urgent necessity, no prisoner shall be put in irons or under mechanical restraint
56. 54The Local Government may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Act,
57. 55All rules now in force relating to any of the matters mentioned in sections fourteen, thirty-one, th
58. 56All or any of the powers and duties conferred and imposed by this Act on a Superintendent may be exe