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The Superintendent may examine any person touching any such offence, and determine thereupon, and punish such offence by- (1) a formal warning, Explanation.- A formal warning shall mean a warning personally addressed to a prisoner by the Superintendent, and recorded in the punishment book and on the prisoner's history-ticket. (2) change of labour to some more irksome or severe form for such period as may be prescribed by rules made by Government, (3) hard labour, for a period not exceeding seven days, in the case of convicted criminal prisoners not sentenced to rigorous imprisonment, (4) such loss of privileges admissible under the remission system for the time being in force as may be prescribed by rules made by Government, (5) Imposition of handcuffs of such pattern and weight, in such manner and for such period, as may be prescribed by rules made by Government, (6) Imposition of letters of such pattern and weight, in such manner and for such period, as may be prescribed by rules made by Government, (7) Separate confinement for any period not exceeding three months, Explanation.- Separate confinement, means such confinement with or without labour, as secludes a prisoner from communication with, but not from sight of other prisoners, and allow him not less than one hour's exercise per diem and to have his meals in association with one or more other prisoners. (8) Penal diet, that is, restriction of diet in such manner and subject to such conditions regarding labour as may be prescribed by Government: Provided that such restriction of diet shall in no case be applied to a prisoner for more than ninety-six consecutive hours, and shall not be repeated except for a fresh offence, not until after an interval of one week. (9) cellular confinement for any period not exceeding fourteen days: Provided that, after each period of cellular confinemnt, as interval of not less duration than suh period must elapse before the prisoner is again sentenced to cellular or solitary confinement. Explanation.- Cellular confinement means such confinement, with or wthout labour, as entirely secludes a prisoner from communication with, but not from sight of other prisoners. (10) penal diet as defined in clause (8) combined with cellular confinement. (11) Whipping, provided that the number of stripes shall not exceed thirty. Provided that nothing in this Section shall render any female or civil prisoner liable to the imposition of any form of handcuffs or fetters, or to whipping.