2626 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 65

49. In all cases of emergency and in unforeseen circumstances, officers are expected to act with discretion, promptitude, and intelligence.

50. No officer shall communicate beyond the prison occurrences that may take place therein, nor shall he, except in the performance of his official duties, in any way disclose the identity of discharged prisoners.

51. No officer shall use tobacco or fermented or spirituous liquors within the prison, except under such restrictions as to time and place as may be specified by the Controlling Officer and approved by the Controller-General.

52. Officers shall report any breach of the regulations or orders or any irregularity that may occur. Such reports must be in writing and submitted to the Controlling Officer within twenty-four hours after the occasion of such breach or irregularity. Unless the matter is within his own authority, the Controlling Officer shall immediately forward the report to the Controller-General.

53. An officer shall not fail on any pretence whatever, through favour or mistaken notions of kindness, to make an immediate report to the Controlling Officer of any misconduct or wilful disobedience of orders.

54. Any misconduct of officers is to be recorded by the Controlling Officer, and brought under the notice of the Controller-General without delay; and in all investigations into the conduct of officers by the Visiting Justice or by an Inspector the evidence is to be taken down in writing and signed by the persons giving such evidence.

55. For each officer there shall be a defaulters-sheet, on which shall be recorded all instances wherein he may have been punished or reprimanded for misconduct.

56. Any proceeding on the part of officers in the nature of or tending to a combination for any object connected with their duties or position, or with charges against a superior, taken without the knowledge and sanction of the Controlling Officer, is strictly forbidden. But the Controlling Officer will forward any representation made in writing, and duly signed by the officers, or any of them, respecting their duties or positions, to the Controller-General.

57. For unfitness, disobedience, failure in duty, neglect, breach of regulations or orders or permitting the breach thereof, or for any sufficient misconduct, officers shall be subject to such penalties and punishments by way of fine, stoppage of pay, or suspension as the Controller-General may lawfully direct, subject to the confirmation of the Commissioner.

58. Every officer who is suspended from duty for misconduct shall immediately give up his keys and quit the prison, but shall afterwards, until otherwise directed, attend daily at the prison at such hour as the Controlling Officer may appoint.

59. Any officer desiring to appeal against any decision which affects him, or wishing to bring any matter before superior authority, shall, without unnecessary delay, state his complaint in writing to the Controlling Officer, who shall forthwith forward the same to the Controller-General.

60. Officers are warned against making frivolous or vexatious complaints, or allowing private differences to interfere with the working of the institution. An officer will be held strictly responsible for establishing any charge that he may prefer.

61. Officers communicating with the head of the Department must forward their communications through the Controlling Officer.

62. Any officer who has been on the permanent staff for a period of not less than two years may, on his retirement for any reason other than dismissal or enforced resignation, be granted a certificate of discharge, signed by the Controller-General, and stating the period of his service, his general character so far as the discharge of his duties is concerned, and the reason for his retirement.

63. The control of the prison, or of a particular post or body of officers, devolves upon the superior or senior officer present, unless otherwise directed, and he shall be held responsible therefor.

64. No ingress or egress shall be allowed into or out of the prison between the hours of 10 o’clock p.m. and 5 o’clock a.m., except to the Controlling Officer, or in such special cases as shall be entered in the Controlling Officer’s journal.

The Controlling Officer.

65. The Controlling Officer is charged with the control and management of the prison; with the order, discipline, and regularity of the institution; with the safe custody of the prisoners, journals, registers, books, warrants, and other documents; with the care of all the Government property confided to his charge. All such journals and other documents must be produced for inspection by the Inspectors when required.

66. He shall strictly conform to the provisions of the Prisons Act and of these regulations, and carry out the orders issued for his instruction. He shall also be held responsible for the due observance of the Prisons Act and regulations by other persons under his control.

67. He shall not be concerned in any business or employment other than the duties of his office, without the sanction of the Commissioner.

68. He shall take every precaution to prevent the escape of prisoners, and shall assure himself that his officers are fully instructed in this and in all their duties, and that they perform them with diligence and competency.

69. He shall cause a copy of these regulations or an authorized abstract thereof, and a copy of the sections of the Prisons Act relating to the treatment of prisoners, to be placed in each cell, and shall cause the same to be read, within twenty-four hours after his admission, to every prisoner who cannot read. He shall take an early opportunity of seeing all prisoners after their admission, and shall satisfy himself that they understand the rules and regulations to which they must conform, the privileges that they may gain by industry and good conduct, and also the consequences of idleness or misconduct.