PROTECTION OF PERSON AND PROPERTY (IRELAND) ACT, 1881.
COPY of Regulations made by the Lord Lieutenant under the Provisions of the Act for the Better Protection of Person and Property in Ireland.
REGULATIONS made by the Lord Lieutenant in pursuance of Section One of the above-mentioned Act for the Treatment, Management, and Maintenance, while in Custody, of Persons Arrested and Committed to Prison under His Excellency's "Warrant, under the authority of the said Act.
The following Special Rules with respect to Prisoners awaiting Trial in Local Prisons (Ireland), as herein modified, shall apply to Persons Arrested and Committed to Prison under His Excellency's Warrant under the authority of the said Act:—
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I.—Admission,
Discharge, and Removal.
Such prisoner shall be required to take a bath on reception, if the governor shall decide that it is necessarv, or the surgeon shall state that it is for medical reasons advisable.
Such prisoners while attending chapel and at other times shall, if possible, he placed so that they may not be in view of the convicted prisoners.
Any money in the hands of the governor belonging to any such prisoner may he applied to the purpose of making special provision for him in cases where the prisoner is, by the rules and regulations, required to make any payment in respect of such special provision.
II.—Food,
Clothing, and, Bedding.
Any such prisoner who prefers to provide his own food for any meal shall give notice thereof beforehand, but the governor shall not permit any such prisoner to receive any prison allowance of food for the meal for which he procures or receives food at his own expense.
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Articles of food shall be received only at such hours as may be laid down from time to time.
They shall be inspected by the officers of the prison, and shall be subject to such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent waste.
_ Any such prisoner shall not during the 24 hours receive or purchase more than one pint of beer, cider, or other fermented liquor, or (if an adult) half a pint (8 oz.)
oi wine.
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No such prisoner shall be allowed to sell any article whatsoever allowed to be intro¬ duced for his use to any other person.
III.—Personal
Cleanliness.
Such prisoner shall not be compelled either to have his hair cut or (if he usually wears his beard, &c.)
to shave, except on account of vermin or dirt, or when the surgeon deems it necessary on the ground of health and cleanliness, and the hair of such prisoner shall not he cut closer than may be necessary for the purpose of health and cleanliness.
The beds of such prisoners shall be made, and the rooms and yards m their occupation shall be swept and cleaned, every morning, 'the furniture and utensils appropriated to their use shall be kept clean and neatly arranged.
Should any such prisoner object to perform any of these duties, they may be performed for him as hereinafter provided.
IV.—Health
of Prisoners.
If any such prisoner who is out of health shall desire the attendance of his usual medical man, the governor of the gaol may, if he is satisfied that the application is bona Jide 130_ A permit
