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orders and instructions not inconsistent with this Ordinance or any rules made under this section as are necessary or expedient for the administration of the detention centre under his control.
(4) Every officer and other person employed in a detention centre shall in the exercise of any powers, functions or duties under this Ordinance or rules made under this section comply with any general orders and instructions issued under subsection (3).
(5) The Secretary for Security may make rules providing for the treatment, and control of conduct, of such detainees in detention centres and for the management and security of, and the maintenance of order, discipline, cleanliness and hygiene in, detention centres, and for the punishment of offenders.
(6) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5), rules made under that subsection may provide for-
(a) contravention of any provision thereof by a detained person to be punished by the imposition of a penalty not exceeding $500 and by separate confinement for a period not exceeding 28 days;
(b) the separate confinement of persons and the circumstances under which a person may be so confined;
(c) the imposition, by a specified public officer, of such punishment for such contravention;
(d) searching of detainees and visitors and detention for the purpose of search;
(e) appeals against the imposition of punishment and the practice and procedure relating to such appeals;
(f) the confiscation of unauthorized articles and the disposal thereof;
(g) the payment and the disposal of monetary penalties in any manner whatsoever;
(h) the powers, duties, conduct and discipline of officers of the person having control and management of the detention centres and other persons employed in the detention centres;
(i) the duties and powers of visiting justices;
(j) the appointment of detention centre visitors and the duties of such detention centre visitors;
(k) the conditions under which visitors may be allowed to visit a detention centre and their conduct,
and different rules may be made in respect of different detention centres.
(7) Rules made under subsection (5) may provide that a contravention of any provision thereof shall be an offence and may provide penalties therefor not exceeding a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
(Added 53 of 1989 s. 3) (Part IIIA added 35 of 1981 s. 3)
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