687. Hardest suitable form of labour to be exacted proviso. Profit not to be considered.
(1)Every convict sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment shall ordinarily be employed on hard labour of such kind as is most suitable and for which he is for the time being fit and no such convict shall be put on medium labour so long as he is fit to perform hard labour, or on light labour so long as he is fit to perform either hard or medium labour :Provided that no convict of the casual class shall ordinarily be required to perform a full task of hard labour during the first month after his admission to jail, and that every convict of the habitual class shall, throughout the period of imprisonment to which he is sentenced, be required to perform the several forms of hard labour which he is, due regard to health capable of performing.(2)No consideration of profit or convenience shall be permitted to influence the class or form of labour which any convict sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment is at any time required to perform, and the class and form of labour which every such convict is at any time required to perform shall be fixed with reference solely to the health of the convict and the regulations of the jail in regard to the employment of prisoners.
