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Training Centres Regulations
[Subsidiary] Grades.
Leave of absence. G.N.A. 40/54.
IN6369
Disciplinary offences. L.N. 25/74.
(Cap. 234, sub. leg.)
Investigation of offences, and awards, by officer-in-charge.
L.N. 25/74.
IN167/83
G.N.A. 13/56.
L.N. 25/74. LN192/90
L.N. 25/74.
[1974 Ed.
17. Inmates shall be divided into such grades as the Commissioner may approve, and the privileges of each grade shall be arranged by the Commissioner.
18. (1) The Commissioner may grant any inmate leave of absence from a training centre for a period not exceeding 48 h at any one time. Any inmate granted leave of absence shall be given a pass in writing under the hand of the Commissioner setting out the period during which the inmate is permitted to be absent from the training centre and the address at which the inmate is to reside during his leave.
(2) Any inmate who without due cause does not return to the training centre at or before the expiration of the period for which he has been granted leave shall be deemed to have absconded from the training centre and shall be liable to be punished in the manner prescribed by regulation 20.
19. An inmate who commits any of the offences enumerated in rule 61 of the Prison Rules as applied by section 8 of the Ordinance shall be guilty of a disciplinary offence.
20. (1) Every offence against discipline shall be reported forthwith and the officer-in-charge shall investigate every report of such an offence not later than the following day, unless that day is a Sunday or a public holiday.
(2) If upon investigation the officer-in-charge considers that the offence is proved, he shall make one or more of the following awards-
(a) caution;
(b) deprivation of privileges for a period not exceeding 1 month;
(c) delaying promotion to a higher grade;
(d) stopping letters and visits for a period not exceeding 3 months;
(e) diet for a period not exceeding 7 days, in accordance with scales of restricted diet approved by the Governor in Council;
(f) deduction from earnings of the cost of any Government property lost or wilfully damaged;
(g) in the case of a male inmate, caning, which shall not exceed 12 strokes.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), "privileges" shall be taken to include association, games and entertainments, and participation in an earnings scheme.