52. Hardest suitable form of labour to be exacted—Proviso—Profit not to be considered.

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 severest form of hard labour which he is with due regard to health, capable of performing.