Sleeping

(1) No sleeping accommodation for prisoners shall be used unless it is certified to the Minister by the senior Medical Officer to be of such size, and to be lighted, ventilated and fitted in such a manner as is requisite for health, and when such accommodation is locked it shall be furnished with the means of enabling prisoners to communicate at any time with an officer. The certificate shall specify the maximum number of prisoners to be accommodated at any one time in such room or ward, and the number so specified shall not be exceeded without the Minister's authority. (2) Where sleeping accommodation is in separate cells each prisoner shall occupy a cell by himself– Provided that where it is necessary for special reasons, not less than three prisoners may be located in one cell.