31. Maintenance of certain prisoners from private sources.—A civil
prisoner or an unconvicted criminal prisoner shall be permitted to maintain himself,
and to purchase, or receive from private sources at proper hours, food, clothing,
bedding or other necessaries, but subject to examination and to such rules as may be
approved by the Inspector General.
32. Restriction on transfer of food and clothing between certain
prisoners.—No part of any food, clothing, bedding or other necessaries belonging to
any civil or unconvicted criminal prisoner shall be given, hired or sold to any other
prisoner and any prisoner transgressing the provisions of this Section shall lose the
privilege of purchasing food or receiving it from private sources, for such time as the
Superintendent thinks proper.
33. Supply of clothing and bedding to civil and unconvicted criminal
prisoners.—(1) Every civil prisoner and unconvicted prisoner unable to provide
himself with sufficient clothing and bedding shall be supplied by the Superintendent
with such clothing and bedding as may be necessary.
(2) When any civil prisoner has been committed to prison in execution of a
decree in favour of a private person, such person, or his representative, shall, within
forty-eight hours after the receipt by him of a demand in writing, pay to the
Superintendent the cost of the clothing and bedding so supplied to the prisoner ; and
in default of such payment the prisoner may be released.