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The Prisons Act, 1894

( ACT NO. IX OF 1894 )

Chapter V

DISCIPLINE OF PRISONERS

Prisoners under sentence of death
30. (1) Every prisoner under sentence of death shall, immediately on his arrival in the prison after sentence, be searched by, or by order of, the Jailer and all articles shall be taken from him which the Jailer deems it dangerous or inexpedient to leave in his possession.
 
 
(2) Every such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart from all other prisoners, and shall be placed by day and by night under the charge of a guard.

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