Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
41. Special custody in hospitals
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where in any case from the gravity of the offence for which any prisoner may be in custody or for any other reason the Officer-in-Charge considers it desirable to take special measures for the security of such prisoner while under treatment in any hospital, leper asylum or settlement, it shall be lawful for him to —
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
give such prisoner into the charge of prison officers or other fit and proper persons not being less than two in number, one of whom at the least shall always be with such prisoner day and night;
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
and
such persons shall be —
vested with full power and authority to do all things necessary to prevent such prisoner from escaping; and
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answerable for his safe custody until such time as he is handed over to a prison officer on his discharge from such hospital, leper asylum or settlement or until such time as his sentence expires, whichever may first occur.
Terms defined in s 2
Officer-in-Charge
Defined · s 2“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
prison
Defined · s 2“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
prison officer
Defined · s 2“prison officer” means any Chief Officer, Warden, Principal Officer, Probation Officer, Matron, Warder or Wardress and includes the Director and the Assistant Director;
prisoner
Defined · s 2“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
Part V
Employment and Prison Discipline
Part VI
Discipline as Affecting Prison Officers
Part VII