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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 65

400. No wages shall be paid to any wages-man until he has served the first three months of his sentence and has passed out of the probationary grade prescribed by regulations or general orders made under the Prisons Act.

401. Wages-men who have served more than three months of their sentences when these regulations come into force shall be paid the initial rate of 1s. per mark, with such increments thereafter as are prescribed for men commencing their sentences.

402. Wages shall be credited to each wages-man in a separate account from that in which his earnings under Part XII are entered. From the amount so credited there shall be deducted half the sum earned each week to cover the cost of maintenance and supervision: Provided that the sum so deducted shall not exceed half the ordinary labour rate of pay, and shall not include any additional payment for skilled work or for overtime.

403. The sum remaining at each man’s credit at the end of every calendar month shall be paid over to the dependants during each succeeding month in such instalments, at such intervals, and under such safeguards as to its proper and economical use as may be directed by the Minister.

404. Wages-men, whether skilled or unskilled, shall be allotted half marks and half the daily rate of pay on Saturdays or other days when only half a day is worked. On wet days or on occasions when for any reason work is interrupted each prisoner or inmate who proceeds to labour shall have his marks and therefore his pay reduced proportionately according to the number of hours worked: Provided that in no case shall he be credited with less than one-quarter of the total daily marks to which he is entitled for a full and satisfactory day’s work.

405. Wages-men who are absent from labour on account of illness, accident, or other physical disability shall not be credited with marks carrying pay during such absence. All such cases shall be reported to the Controller-General by the Controlling Officer, who shall state in his report whether the absentee from labour is deserving of special consideration by way of allotment of pay marks during the period of his illness. The Controller-General shall then decide whether the whole or part of the pay marks shall be credited to the absentee or not.

406. The payment of wages under this Part of the regulations shall be governed by the same rules in regard to the allotment of marks as those provided by Regulations 390 to 396 of Part XII.

407. Female prisoners with dependants may be paid wages to such extent and under such terms and conditions as the Minister shall direct.

408. Visiting Justices shall not impose as a punishment for any offence the deprivation of any part of the wages already earned by a wages-man, but if they deem such a punishment necessary in the interest of the good government and discipline of the prison or institution in which the offending prisoner is confined they shall report the matter to the Controller-General, with a recommendation as to the course that should in their opinion be followed. The Controller-General shall then exercise his discretion as to whether pay shall be stopped or not.

Method of Payment of Earnings to Dependants.

409. The payment of prisoner’s earnings to proved dependants shall be made in such a manner and by such instalments as the Minister directs. If any amount is standing to a prisoner’s credit after the full term of his sentence is completed, the Minister may direct the payment of the balance remaining to the prisoner himself or to his dependants, either in a lump sum or in instalments, as he deems fit.

410. Accumulated earnings under Part XII of these regulations are subject to disposal by direction of the Minister in the same way as are wages earned under Part XIII.

411. Moneys earned either under Part XII or Part XIII of these regulations may, if the Minister so directs, be paid into the Post Office Savings-bank to the credit severally of the prisoners confined in any prison. Every such account shall be a trust account in the name of the Controlling Officer of the prison, or other authorized person.

PART XIV.—NAVAL OFFENDERS.

412. Naval ratings sentenced to detention by Court-martial or other naval tribunal whose terms of detention, whether by one sentence or by cumulative sentences, exceed twenty-seven days shall be eligible by special industry and good conduct to earn a remission of a portion of their individual sentences not exceeding one-sixth of the whole period. The amount of such remission shall be decided in each case by the Controller-General.

PART XV.—PUNISHMENTS.

413. A prisoner shall not be punished for a breach of any rule or regulation relating to the maintenance of discipline within the prison unless and until he has had an opportunity of hearing the charges and evidence against him and of making his defence.

414. Prisoners undergoing solitary confinement shall, on and after the third day, be allowed such exercise during the period of punishment as the Medical Officer shall deem necessary.

415. If any prisoner undergoing solitary confinement wishes to see a Visiting Justice, an Official Visitor, a minister of religion, an Inspector, the Medical Officer, or the Controlling Officer, he shall inform the warden on duty accordingly, whose duty it will be to report to the Controlling Officer promptly. All other communication is strictly prohibited.

416. Every prisoner in solitary confinement is to be deprived of his mattress, unless the Medical Officer otherwise directs.

Corporal Punishment.

417. No instrument shall be used for the purpose of inflicting corporal punishment upon any prisoner except as authorized by the Controller-General. All authorized instruments shall bear a tag