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bruneilawsby aturio
In force2015 Revised Edition
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Part VII · General

60. Appointment of Visiting Justices

(1)

The Minister shall for each year appoint a board to be called the

Board of Visiting Justices.

(2)

A Visiting Justice —

(a)

may at any time —

(i)

visit the prison for which he is appointed and may inspect the several wards, cells, yards solitary or punishment cells and other apartments or divisions of the prison;

(ii)

inspect and test the quality and quantity of the prisoner’s food;

(iii)

hear the complaints, if any, of the prisoners, and question any prisoner, and

(b)

shall —

(i)

ascertain, so far as possible, whether this Act, the rules made thereunder and Prisons Standing Orders are adhered to; and

(ii)

call the attention of the Officer-in-Charge to any irregularity that may be observed in the working of the prison or in the treatment of any prisoner confined therein; and

(c)

shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as may be prescribed.

(3)

The Board shall appoint one or more of its members to be in rotation Visiting Justice or Justices for each month of the year, and such

Visiting Justice or Justices shall hear, try and dispose of such prison offences as to which a report under section 50 has been made.

Prisons

(4)

Every Visiting Justice shall, for the purpose of this Act, have power to summon witnesses and to administer oaths.

Report

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