§ 1-7. Excusing prisoner from labor upon certificate of director of public health.  


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  • Any prisoner wishing to be excused from labor under section 1-6 shall apply to the director of public health for an examination. The director of public health shall certify as to the fact and if he officially certifies that the prisoner is unable to work, then he shall be excused; provided, the certificate of the director of public health shall not release the prisoner from confinement for the time required to make the sum of the fine, unless the director of public health shall further certify that the imprisonment would cause great bodily injury to, or endanger the life of, the prisoner.

(Code 1950, § 1-8; Code 1959, § 1-8)