Duty to report immedi- ately
offences
against
prison discipline.
Offences against
prison
dis- cipline.
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59. Every offence against prison discipline shall be reported immediately and it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to investigate such reports not later than the following day, unless that day is a Sunday or a general holiday.
60. Every prisoner shall be guilty of an offence against prison discipline if he
(a) disobeys any order of the Superintendent or of any other
officer of the Prisons Department, or any prison rules; (b) treats with disrespect any officer of the Prisons Depart-
ment, or any person authorized to visit the prison;
(c) is idle, careless or negligent at work, or refuses to work; (d) swears, curses or uses any abusive, insolent, threatening
or other improper language;
(e) is indecent in language, act or gesture;
(f) commits any assault;
(g) communicates with another prisoner without authority; (h) leaves his cell or place of work or other appointed place
without permission;
(4) wilfully disfigures or damages any part of the prison or
any property which is not his own;
commits any nuisance;
(&) without authority has in his cell or possession any article, or attempts to obtain any article for the possession of which authority is required;
() without authority gives to or receives from any person
any article;
(m) escapes from prison or from legal custody, or aids or endeavours to aid the escape of any prisoner, whether the escape is actually effected or not;
(*) mutinies, or incites other prisoners to mutiny;
(0) commits gross personal violence against any officer of
the Prisons Department;
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() in any way offends good order and discipline; (g) attempts to do any of the foregoing things;
(r) wilfully feigns or endeavours to cause illness or wilfully
obstructs cure;
(s) makes false and malicious allegations against an officer
of the Prisons Department;
() makes repeated groundless complaints.
81. The Superintendent may interrogate any person touch- Power of ing any alleged offence against prison discipline and determine Superio thereupon and punish the offender.
tendent as to offences against prison discipline.
82. The Superintendent may order a prisoner, who commits Punish- any of the offences enumerated in rule 60, to be punished by any one or more of the following punishments-
ment which may be imposed by the Super-
(e) separate confinement on punishment diet for a period intendent.
not exceeding 7 days;
(b) separate confinement for any period not exceeding
28 days;
(c) forfeiture of remission not exceeding one month;
(d) forfeiture of privileges for a period not exceeding three
months;
(e) deprivation of earnings or part thereof.
mioner to
83. (1) The Commissioner may with the approval of the Power of Governor and in lieu of the punishment prescribed in rule 62, Commia- award corporal punishment, not exceeding 18 strokes either with award a light cane or rattan, in the case of an adult, or twelve strokes corporal with a light cane in the case of a person under 18 years of age, with the to any male offender, after evidence bas been taken upon oath, approval for the following offences only
(a) mutiny:
(b) incitement to mutiny;
(c) gross personal violence against any officer of the Prisons
Department:
punishment
of the
Governor.