Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part V · Employment and Prison Discipline
48. Punishment of minor prison offences by Officer-in-Charge of prisons
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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 —
Officer-in-Charge
“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
confinement in a cell on the prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;
forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;
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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.
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 —
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
confinement in a cell on a prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;
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.
Terms defined in s 2
minor prison offence
Defined · s 2“minor prison offence” and “aggravated prison offence” mean any offence committed by a prisoner against prison discipline and so specified in the rules made under this Act;
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;
prisoner
Defined · s 2“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
stage
Defined · s 2“stage” means any stage of imprisonment prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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Discipline as Affecting Prison Officers
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