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have their beards cut or close-clipped once a week. If deemed necessary, on the ground of health or cleanliness, any convicted prisoner may have his hair and beard cut no matter what the length of his sentence may be.

181. Prisoners under committal shall not have their hair or beards cut save so far as may be necessary to preserve their appearance as at the period of their examination.

182. Unless the Medical Officer otherwise orders prisoners shall be permitted to grow their hair and beard as they desire for two months before the expiration of their sentences or of the time when they may be eligible for discharge in pursuance of the regulations hereof relating to remission of sentences.

183. Under very special circumstances cutting or clipping may be dispensed with at any time on sufficient representations being made by the medical or other officer to the Inspector, and, pending his decision, the Gaoler may temporarily direct any prisoner to be exempt from the rules as to cutting or clipping.

184. Female prisoners shall not have their hair cut without their consent unless the interests of health demand it. In such case the direction of the Medical Officer shall be obtained.

Photographing.

185. Every prisoner convicted or accused of any criminal offence shall be photographed on his reception into any prison or police gaol, or at such time or times during his confinement therein as the Gaoler or other officer in charge of such prison or police gaol directs.

186. If any prisoner refuses to be photographed, or resists or impedes the officer or photographer detailed to photograph him, reasonable force may be used by the prison or police-gaol officers to compel him to submit to the taking of such photograph.

187. Any prisoner who refuses to obey this regulation after the same has been read to him by an officer of the prison or police gaol shall be deemed to be guilty of an aggravated prison offence.

188. The photographs of any accused person who is not subsequently convicted of a criminal offence and the negatives of such photographs shall be destroyed, on the receipt of a written order to that effect from the Under-Secretary or Inspector by any officer of the public service who, for the time being, has the custody of such photographs.

Finger-prints and Measurements.

189. The finger-prints of every prisoner convicted or accused of any criminal offence shall be taken in duplicate on his reception into any prison or police-gaol, or at such time or times during his confinement therein as the Gaoler or other officer in charge of such prison or police-gaol shall direct.

190. In like manner the measurements of every prisoner convicted or accused of any criminal offence shall be taken at such time as the Gaoler or other officer in charge of the prison or police-gaol in which he is confined directs.

191. If any prisoner resists or impedes the officer or officers detailed to take his finger-prints or measurements, reasonable force may be used to compel him to submit to the taking of such finger-prints or measurements.

192. Any prisoner who refuses to obey this regulation after the same has been read to him by an officer of the prison or police-gaol shall be deemed guilty of an aggravated prison offence.

193. The finger-prints of any accused person who is not subsequently convicted of a criminal offence shall, on the receipt of a written order to that effect from the Under-Secretary or Inspector, be destroyed by any officer of the public service who, for the time being, has the custody of such finger-prints.

Searching.

194. Prisoners shall be searched upon admission.

195. They shall be searched daily before proceeding to and after returning from labour.

196. Cleaners shall be liable to be searched before and after having access to cells.

197. All prisoners, whether they are under report or seeking an interview, shall be searched before being brought into the presence of the Inspector, Gaoler, Medical Officer, or other departmental official, or of any Visiting Justice or Official Visitor.

198. Prisoners shall be searched before being locked in a cell when under report or punishment.

199. Prisoners may be searched at any time when such search may appear to be expedient or necessary.

200. Two prisoners at least shall be selected daily to be completely searched.

201. No prisoner shall be present while any other prisoner is being searched, if the search involves the removal of any garment.

General Rules of Conduct.

202. Prisoners must promptly obey all orders that are given them. Any prisoner who considers himself aggrieved by such orders, must nevertheless obey, but may on the first convenient occasion thereafter complain to the Inspector, the Gaoler, or a Visiting Justice.

203. Profane swearing, indecent conversation, gambling, trafficking, damaging or defacing the walls, cells, or furniture of the prison, or otherwise destroying or injuring prison property, is strictly prohibited, and offenders shall be punished for any such offence. No scratching or marking, however slight, on the walls or furniture will be overlooked.

204. Prisoners shall not light pieces of paper, rags, or other articles, either in their cells, the yards, or any other part of the prison; and they are strictly prohibited from having in their possession any article not issued to them by the prison authorities.

205. Prisoners shall not be allowed to alter their clothing, and shall be held responsible for its being kept in repair, clean, and properly marked. They must not leave any article of their clothing on the works.