PRISONS

CHAPTER 09:02
PRISONS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART I
ESTABLISHMENT OF PRISONS

    3.    Establishment of prisons

    4.    Temporary prisons

PART II
CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION

    5.    Establishment of service

    6.    Application of Act to serving prison officers

    7.    Commissioner of Prisons and prison officers

    8.    Officers

    9.    Appointment of prison officers

    10.    Liberty to resign

    11.    Payments due to prison officers and other persons employed in prisons leaving the prison service may be set off

    12.    Minister may appoint committee of inquiry

PART III
POWERS AND DUTIES OF PRISON OFFICERS

    13.    General powers and duties of Commissioner

    14.    Officer in charge of a prison to supervise and control prison

    15.    Powers and duties of prison officers

    16.    Prison officers’ always liable for duty

    17.    Prison officers and prohibited activities

    18.    Punishment by subordinate officers

    19.    Use of weapons by prison officers

    20.    Prison officers’ power of arrest

    21.    Prison officers’ visits to cells

    22.    Power to take photographs and fingerprints of prisoners

    23.    Immunity for act done under authority of warrant

    24.    Proof of signature not required

PART IV
APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL OFFICERS

    25.    Medical officers

    26.    Duties of medical officers

    27.    Medical inspection

    28.    Observation of prisoners charged with a capital offence

    29.    Examination of prisoners in solitary confinement or in hospital

    30.    Officer in charge empowered to order prisoner to be examined

    31.    Death of a prisoner

    32.    Notification of death of prisoner

PART V
VISITING JUSTICES, OFFICIAL VISITORS, MINISTERS OF RELIGION AND PRISONERS’ AID SOCIETIES

    33.    Judges may visit prisons

    34.    Ministers to be visiting justices

    35.    Magistrates to be visiting justices in own areas

    36.    Powers of visiting justices

    37.    Visiting justice to record visit in prescribed book

    38.    Appointment of official visitors

    39.    Duties of official visitors

    40.    Official visitor to record visit in prescribed book

    41.    Ministers of religion may visit prison

    42.    Visits of probation officers and representatives of prisoners’ aid society

PART VI
DISCIPLINE OF PRISON OFFICERS

    43.    Offences against discipline by prison officers

    44.    Prison officer to have power to arrest

    45.    Confinement of arrested prison officer

    46.    Power to try junior prison officers

    47.    Power to try subordinate prison officers

    48.    Procedure after award of punishment

    49.    Stoppages of pay

    50.    Power to summon witnesses

    51.    Offence against discipline may be tried by a magistrate

    52.    Interdiction

    53.    Dismissal upon fine or imprisonment

    54.    Pay not to accrue during absence without leave or imprisonment

PART VII
DESERTION OR INCITING

    55.    Desertion

    56.    Deserter may be apprehended by prison or police officer

    57.    Penalty for inciting prison officer to desert

    58.    Penalty for mutiny or sedition

PART VIII
ADMISSION AND CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS

    59.    Admission of prisoners

    60.    Admission of infant child with female prisoner

    61.    Particulars of prisoner to be recorded

    62.    Search of prisoners

    63.    Money and other effects of prisoners to be kept in custody of the officer in charge

PART IX
SEGREGATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS

    64.    Separation of prisoners

PART X
CUSTODY AND REMOVAL OF PRISONERS

    65.    Prisoners in lawful custody of officer in charge

    66.    Production of prisoners in court

    67.    Prisoners under police escort

    68.    Statements to police officers

    69.    Prisoners and criminal investigations

    70.    Removal of prisoners from one prison to another

    71.    Certain prisoners may be restrained

    72.    Mentally disordered or defective prisoners

    73.    Removal of sick prisoners to hospital

    74.    Serving sentence while in hospital

PART XI
LABOUR OF PRISONERS

    75.    Employment of convicted prisoners

    76.    Employment of unconvicted prisoners

PART XII
MAINTENANCE

    77.    Maintenance of unconvicted prisoners from private sources

    78.    Food, etc., not to be transferred to other prisoners

    79.    Food, clothing and bedding for unconvicted prisoners

PART XIII
PROHIBITED ARTICLES AND AREAS

    80.    Power to search

    81.    Penalty for introduction or removal of prohibited articles into and from prison and for unauthorized communication with prisoners

    82.    Power of arrest

    83.    Unauthorized communications

    84.    Offences in respect of prisons and prisoners

    85.    Removal of certain offenders

    86.    Unlawful possession of articles supplied to prison officers

    87.    Offences in connexion with uniforms and decorations

    88.    Notice to be displayed stating offences in respect of prisons and prisoners

PART XIV
DISCIPLINE OF PRISONERS

    89.    Prison offences

    90.    Trial of prison offences

    91.    Punishments…