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98. At least once in each week, and at uncertain hours, he shall go through every part of the prison
    at night, and shall keep a record of the hour when such visit was made and the condition of the
    prison at the time.

99. He shall attend personally to the training of the junior officers, and shall hold such classes
    of instruction for probationary warders as may be prescribed by general orders.

The Chief Warder.

PRISONS WHERE THERE IS NO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT.

100. The Chief Warder shall rank next in charge to the Controlling Officer, and his duties shall
     be as laid down in these regulations for Deputy Superintendent, with the following additions, viz. :—

101. He shall be present at the opening and closing of the prison, and shall conduct the musters.

102. He shall superintend the arrival and departure of the prisoners, and shall see that the
     searching duty is properly performed, and that all matters relating to the prisoners are properly
     regulated and conducted.

103. He shall give his constant attention to the security of the prison.

104. He shall parade the warders each day previously to placing them on their posts and before
     dismissing them from their duty, and shall explain to any officer placed for the first time upon any
     post the duties of such post.

105. He shall direct the repair of any worn or damaged property brought under his notice, if he
     has the means available for executing such repair.

PRISONS WHERE THERE IS A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT.

106. The Chief Warder shall rank next to the Deputy Superintendent, and shall carry out the
     duties as laid down for Chief Warder in Regulations Nos. 101 to 105, inclusive, of these regulations.
107. He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Controlling Officer.

The Principal and Acting Principal Warders.

108. Principal and Acting Principal Warders shall, according to seniority or specific direction,
     take general charge next after the Chief Warder. They shall perform such other duties as the Con-
     trolling Officer may assign to them or as may be directed from time to time by general orders.

Warders.

109. Warders shall frequently examine the state of the cells, bolts, locks, bedding, &c., and
     report upon their condition to the Controlling Officer.

110. They shall at all times carefully watch the prisoners in their various movements and employ-
     ments; shall give necessary directions thereon; and shall use the utmost alacrity and vigilance to
     promote industry and to maintain order and discipline among them, and to prevent the escape of any
     prisoner.

111. They shall carefully observe the character, habits, and industry of the prisoners under their
     charge, and shall carefully and impartially keep such records as may be ordered, and shall afford at
     all times to their superiors unreserved information on such subjects.

112. No officer shall inflict any punishment or privation of any kind upon any prisoner unless
     ordered so to do by the Controlling Officer. In cases of emergency, where waiting for instructions
     would tend to disorganize discipline and order, any warder may lock up a refractory prisoner, and if
     the circumstances demand it he may place any such prisoner under mechanical restraint. He must
     report such action to the officer in charge forthwith.

113. No prison officer must on any account speak of his duties, or of any matter of discipline
     or prison-management, within the hearing of a prisoner.

114. It is the duty of warders to see that no tools, implements, or articles of any description are
     secreted by prisoners, and they shall seize all forbidden articles.

Warder on Gate Duty.

115. The warder upon gate duty shall not open the gate to any person until he has ascertained
     who the person seeking admission is. He shall admit no person who is not properly authorized,
     unless by direction of the Controlling Officer. He shall not allow to pass out of the prison any
     subordinate officer who has entered upon duty, without the sanction of the officer in charge of the
     prison. He shall see that the visit to the prison of every person, other than an officer, is recorded.

116. He shall examine all articles carried in or out of the prison, and shall stop any person
     suspected of bringing prohibited articles into the prison, or of carrying out any property belonging to
     the prison, and shall give immediate notice thereof to the Controlling Officer.

Warders on Armed Duty.

117. Warders on armed duty must at all times be vigilant and alert. On no account are they to
     sit down or lounge about. Rifles are to be carried at slope, trail, or shoulder. Such warders shall
     abstain from using their arms without sufficient occasion, but must nevertheless regard it as their
     duty to prevent escape (either by individual attempts of prisoners or by general riot leading to such
     attempt), and to protect unarmed officers, and shall act accordingly. They must on all occasions
     be guided by their own judgment and intelligence ; but any default in recognizing their proper course
     of duty or in acting with effect when needful will be regarded as incompetency, and the officer shall,
     apart from any legal penalties incurred, be liable to dismissal.