1987 Ed.]
Probation of Offenders Rules
[CAP. 298
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[Subsidiary]
PROBATION OF OFFENDERS RULES
G.N.A. 3/58.
L.N. 35/63. L.N. 19/67.
(Cap. 298, section 12)
L.N. 42/73.
L.N. 226/76.
L.N. 146/77. L.N. 60/87.
[17 January 1958.]
PART I
GENERAL
1. These rules may be cited as the Probation of Offenders Rules.
2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Director" means the Director of Social Welfare;
"medical officer" means a medical officer appointed under rule 38;
"Ordinance" means the Probation of Offenders Ordinance;
"supervising court", in relation to a probationer or a probation order, means the magistrates court having jurisdiction in the district or area in which the probationer is, for the time being, resident.
Citation.
Interpretation.
L.N. 42/73.
(Cap. 298.)
PART II
[Revoked, L.N. 146/77]
PART III
PROBATION OFFICERS
Duties
15. The duties to be performed by the Principal Probation Officer shall include-
(a) the organization and control of the probation service;
(b) the supervision and training of probation officers and distribution of work between probation officers.
16. A probation officer shall make such preliminary inquiries, including inquiries into the home surroundings, as a court may direct in respect of any offender in whose case the question of the making of a probation order may arise.
Duties of Principal Probation Officer. L.N. 42/73. L.N. 146/77.
Preliminary inquiries.
requirements of probation orders.
17. A probation officer shall, when required by a probation order, undertake the supervision of a probationer and shall ascertain that the probationer understands the requirements and conditions of the probation order and shall by warning and persuasion endeavour