Information to be given to prisoners on reception

(1) Arrangements shall be made to ensure that every prisoner on reception is provided with full information about the rules governing the treatment of prisoners of his class and about any other regulations of which he should have knowledge including those relating to earnings and privileges, to the proper methods of submitting petitions to the Governor-General, and of making complaints, to food, clothing, bedding, and other necessaries and to the disciplinary requirements of the prison. (2) The Superintendent shall personally, or through such officer as he may appoint, ensure as soon as possible after reception and in any case within twenty-four hours, that every prisoner who can read has read the information so provided. 29 (3) Where a prisoner cannot read or has difficulty in understanding the information so provided, it shall be so explained to him that he may understand both his rights and his