Prisons Act · s 48

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48.
Punishment of minor prison offences by Officer-in-Charge of prisons
(1) An Officer-in-Charge, if of or above the rank of Chief Officer, may punish any prisoner, found after due inquiry to be guilty of a minor offence, by ordering him to undergo one or more of the following punishments —
(a) confinement in a cell on the prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;
(b) forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;

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(c) reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or removal from the earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.
(2) An Officer-in-Charge, below the rank of Chief Officer, may punish any prisoner found after due inquiry to be guilty of a minor prison offence, by ordering him to undergo one or more of the following punishments —
(a) confinement in a cell on a prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;
(b) reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or removal from the earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.

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s 48Punishment of minor prison offences by Officer-in-Charge of prisons

(1)

An Officer-in-Charge, if of or above the rank of Chief Officer, may punish any prisoner, found after due inquiry to be guilty of a minor offence, by ordering him to undergo one or more of the following punishments —

(a)

confinement in a cell on the prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;

(b)

forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;

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(c)

reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or removal from the earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.

(2)

An Officer-in-Charge, below the rank of Chief Officer, may punish any prisoner found after due inquiry to be guilty of a minor prison offence, by ordering him to undergo one or more of the following punishments —

(a)

confinement in a cell on a prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;

(b)

reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or removal from the earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.