Chapter Number and Title of Enactment

Chapter:

234Title:PRISONS ORDINANCE

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Table of contents of enactment:
Cap 234 Long title
Cap 234 s 1Short title
Cap 234 s 2Interpretation
Cap 234 s 3Appointment of Commissioner of Correctional Services and other officers
Cap 234 s 4Setting apart of places as prisons
Cap 234 s 5(Repealed)
Cap 234 s 6Certification of cells by Commissioner
Cap 234 s 7Commitment and removal of prisoners
Cap 234 s 8Separation of male and female prisoners
Cap 234 s 9Control of prisoners
Cap 234 s 10Custody and conveyance of prisoners
Cap 234 s 11Removal of prisoners for medical treatment
Cap 234 s 12Attendance of prisoners
Cap 234 s 12ALeave of absence of persons detained
Cap 234 s 13(Repealed)
Cap 234 s 14(Repealed)
Cap 234 s 15(Repealed)
Cap 234 s 16Prohibition of certain persons acting as jurors in an inquiry into death of prisoner
Cap 234 s 17Escaping or aiding to escape from prison or legal custody
Cap 234 s 17AFailure by prisoner to return after leave of absence an offence
Cap 234 s 18Introduction of unauthorized articles into prison
Cap 234 s 18APossession or introduction of prohibited articles by prison officers
Cap 234 s 19Supplying unauthorized articles to prisoners
Cap 234 s 20Duty to display outside a prison notice containing punishments under sections 17, 18 and 19
Cap 234 s 20AOffences against discipline generally
Cap 234 s 20BOffences against discipline by Superintendents and higher ranks
Cap 234 s 20COffences against discipline by Chief Officers, subordinate officers and other persons employed in the prisons
Cap 234 s 20DInterdiction where criminal proceedings are instituted against an officer
Cap 234 s 20EPunishment of officers and other persons employed in the prisons guilty of a criminal offence
Cap 234 s 20FSaving in respect of the Public Service (Administration) Order and government regulations
Cap 234 s 21Penalties for misconduct
Cap 234 s 21APrisoners' Welfare Fund
Cap 234 s 22(Repealed 58 of 1999 s. 4)
Cap 234 s 22ASpecial services and fees
Cap 234 s 23Visiting justices and visiting committees
Cap 234 s 24Powers of delegation
Cap 234 s 24AChief Executive to determine dietary scales
Cap 234 s 24BHostels
Cap 234 s 24CDefinitions: Part III
Cap 234 s 24DCommissioner to be corporation sole for purposes of this Part
Cap 234 s 24EContinuance of Correctional Services Department Welfare Fund
Cap 234 s 24FWhat the Fund consists of
Cap 234 s 24GFunctions of corporation
Cap 234 s 24HWhat the Fund may be used for
Cap 234 s 24ICorporation may make donations
Cap 234 s 24JCorporation may employ staff
Cap 234 s 24KCorporation may engage agents
Cap 234 s 24LCorporation may delegate its functions
Cap 234 s 24MCorporation may enter into contracts and other transactions
Cap 234 s 25Power to make rules
Cap 234 s 26(Repealed 58 of 1999 s. 4)




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