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Convicted Prisoners shall be supplied with Food at Public Expense.
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XVI. Every convicted Prisoner in any Prison in Ireland, whether of Ability to maintain himself or herself or not, shall be supplied with Food at the Public Expense, and it shall not be lawful for any such Prisoner to use, accept, or receive any Food or Liquor other than the Prison Allowance supplied under the Prisons Act and this Act, unless in such Cases as the Medical Officer of such Prison shall, by Certificate under his Hand, declare that some other Food or Liquor shall be necessary for such Prisoner, and in such Case the Reasons for granting such Certificate shall be inserted by such Medical Officer in his Journal; and if such other Food or Liquor so to be ordered by such Certificate shall be continued for any Time exceeding One Week from the Date of such Certificate, a Notice thereof in Writing shall be given by such Medical Officer to the Inspectors General of Prisons: Provided always, that such convicted Prisoners shall, unless when sentenced to Hard Labour, be allowed to pay to the Board of Superintendence the Expense of such their Prison Allowance in order to obtain an Exemption from any Work or Labour which would or might otherwise be required from them towards Payment of the Expenses of such Prison Allowance of Food.
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