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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

231. 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 officers to compel him to submit to the taking of such photograph, and any prisoner who refuses to obey this regulation after the same has been read to him by an officer of the prison shall be deemed to be guilty of an aggravated prison offence.

232. 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 Controller-General by any officer of the Public Service who for the time being has the custody of such photographs.

Finger-prints and Measurements.

233. 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 at such time or times during his confinement therein as the Controlling Officer shall direct.

234. In like manner the measurements of every prisoner convicted or accused of any criminal offence shall be taken at such time as the Controlling Officer of the prison in which he is confined directs.

235. 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, and any prisoner who refuses to obey this regulation after the same has been read to him by an officer of the prison shall be deemed to be guilty of an aggravated prison offence.

236. 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 Controller-General, be destroyed by any officer of the Public Service who for the time being has the custody of such finger-prints.

Searching.

237. Prisoners shall be searched upon admission.

238. They shall be searched daily after returning from labour.

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

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

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

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

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

244. No prisoner shall be present while any other prisoner is being searched, if the search involves the removal of under garments.

245. Every occupied cell must be searched daily, during the afternoon, and must be locked up by the searching officer immediately after he has completed the search.

General Rules of Conduct.

246. 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 an Inspector, Controlling Officer, or Visiting Justice.

247. 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.

248. 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.

249. Prisoners shall be held responsible for keeping their clothing in repair, clean, and properly marked. They must not leave any article of their clothing on the works.

250. Prisoners are not to leave school or Divine service without being regularly dismissed, and no prisoner shall on any pretence leave the ranks at muster, or his work during labour hours, or his allotted place at labour, without permission of the officer in whose charge he may be at the time.

251. At all musters prisoners are required to be in their places in the ranks immediately upon the ringing of the bell or on the order to fall in.

252. Prisoners must preserve strict silence at all musters, in the cells, while undergoing solitary confinement, and while marching to and from their places of labour.

253. Male prisoners must invariably salute and stand to attention when addressing an officer or visitor, and must always stand to attention (except when at meals) when any of the principal officers or visitors enter their cells or the yards. They must at all times be respectful to their officers and to all visitors to the prison.

254. Prisoners are to be attentive and diligent in performing all duties that may be assigned to them. They are on no account to be idle during the fixed hours of labour, but must continue to devote themselves actively to the work of the day. They shall, when necessary, apply to the instructor for direction as to the manner of performing their work. Any wilful or negligent mismanagement of work will render the offender liable to punishment.