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Prisons.
CHAPTER 234.
PRISONS.
38 of 1932.
2 of 1884.
9 of 1950.
22 of 1950. 24 of 1950.
37 of 1950.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Ordering of certain matters in relation to prisons.
Powers of senior and power to delegate to superintendent.
To consolidate and amend the law relating to prisons and prison officers.
[2nd December, 1932.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Prisons Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 3.
3. The Governor may make orders for any of the following purposes-
(a) to set apart any place or building or portion of a building for the purpose of a prison;
(b) to discontinue the use of any prison and appropriate the site and buildings thereof to any other lawful purpose;
(c) to appoint fit persons to be respectively Commissioner of Prisons, superintendents of prisons, chaplains, medical officers and such subordinate officers for the service of prisons as the Governor may think necessary, and to remove such persons from their offices.
4. (1) During the absence or inability to act of the Commissioner the superintendent of prisons of most seniority shall unless and until the vacancy is filled whether temporarily or otherwise exercise the powers and discretions vested in such Commissioner and discharge the duties required to be discharged by him whether such powers discretions or duties accrue under this Ordinance or otherwise.
37 of 1950, Schedule.
(2) Whether or not the Commissioner is present and able to act, a superintendent of prisons shall exercise such powers and discretions and discharge such duties under this Ordinance as the Commissioner may delegate to him.