Prisoners Act 1840 (SA)

HEREt\S there are divers perao~rs now in the common Caol of this

Province who have been sentenced to hard labor therein for various

periods of time and othcr persons may from time to time be sentenced by

the Supreme Court or othcr lawfld authority to undergo puniihilient of'a like

desoriptioa : And wllerens there being ni suEcient means of en11.10~-ing such

vA.k d ,. + pe1sons in any profitable Iahor within tbk said Gaol i t is espetlicnt to make

advice and consent of thc Legis1a:ive CPuncii thereof-

provision for the ernplo~ment of such F&so:ls on roads or otlicr public wcrks

within the Province :	2.	*1
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BE ir r t r ~ n a ~ o n ~ EXACTED by His ~: e c l l e n c ~ Lieutenant-Colonel G m n c ~

GAWLER Knight of the Royal I-1ano1-pian Gcelphic Order Governor and

Commander-in-Cldef of the I'rovince of South Ausfralia by a n d with the

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And be it fi~rthcr cnacted that it s l d b i lawful for His Excellency the

Governor for thc time being to make rule4 orders and regulations for the

em ,loymcnt and safe custoclr of such persdils and to a l p i n t such officers

~ n b assistants as may be necessary for the s$perintendence and saL custntly

of such persons with such remuneration as @J the said Governor shall seem

fit'and to appoint such places for the safe cu$ody of the said persons during

their intervals of labor as to him shall seen* fit and also to make with the advico of the Council such rules orders an? regulations as may be found useful or sec iiisite for ensuring propriety of cpnduct and due performance of

labor by suc b persons and puuishment in deil,'ault thereof and as to whether	the said persons shall be worked in chaius orjlot and to make all such other
orders rules and regulation3 BB may be nefessary to carry this Act into effect and the said orders rules and replatims to alter vary and revoke as occasion may or shall require.

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Provided always and be it further enactkd that the +rson having the

charge of any Gaol or other place of confine@ent and whereih any offenders

may be sentenced to imprisonment shall nbt be responsible for the safe

-custody of prisoners during the time that shch prisoners may be removed from out of such Gaol or place of confinem t under the authority of this

Act.

Passed the Council this twenty-fourth 4

day of March, 1840.

GEORGE HALL,

Clerk of Council.