Thirdly: Name of recipient. The name and rank of the recipient and the Territory in which he completed his qualifying service shall be inscribed on the rim of the Medal,

Fourthly: Ribbon.-The Medal shall be worn on the left side attached by means of a suspending bar to a ribbon ohe inch and three eighths in width, the central part green, with two borders, dark blue and each three eighths of an inch in width, one central silver stripe one eighth of an inch in width being superimposed on the green central part,

Fifthly: Eligibility and Service required.-The Medal shall be awarded to all staff in the Prison Service below the rank of Assistant Superintendent or a comparable rank, who have completed not less than eighteen years' whole- time and continuous service in the Prison Service in any Colony or Territory under Our Protection, or 20 aggregate of eighteen years' whole-time and continuous service in the Prison Service in one or more Colonies or Territories under Our Protection, as defined in the Regulations hereinafter mentioned,

Sixthly: Clasps.-A Clasp to the Medal to be attached to the ribbon when the Medal itself is worn, may be awardleci on the completion of a total of twenty-five years' qualify. ing service as aforesaid, and a further Clasp on the completion of a total of thirty years' qualifying service as aforesaid. A small silver rose emblem denoting the award of each Clasp shall be worn on the ribbon when the ribbon only is worn.

Seventhly: Certificate of efficiency-No person shall be recommended for the Medal or Clasp unless, having completed the qualifying period of service, it is certified that his character and conduct have been exemplary, as defined in the Regulations bereinafter mentioned. It is also a requirement that the candidate shall have been put forward by the Officer in charge of the Prison Service in the Colony or Territory under Our Protection in which the period of service requisite to qualify for the Medal has been completed.

Eighthly: Order of wear-In the official list showing the order in which Orders, Decorations and Medals should be worn the Colonial Prison Service Medal shall be placed immediately after the Colonial Police and Fire Brigades' Long Service Medal.

Ninthly: Miniaturos.—Reproductions of the Medal, known as miniature Medals, which may be worn on certain occasions by those to whom the Medal is awarded, shall be approximately half the size of the Colonial Prison Service Medal, and a sealed pattern of the miniature Medal shall be kept in the Central Chancery of Our Orders of Knighthood.

Tenthly: Delegated powers.-Delegated powers to make awards under the terms of this Our Warrant shall be vested in Our Governor-General, Governor or Officer Administering the Government of the Colony or Territory in which the period of service requisite to qualify for the Medal has been completed,

Eleventhly: Other awards-In any Colony or Territory under Our Protection where Our Colonial Police and Fire Brigades' Long Service Medal has hitherto been awarded in the Prison Service, qualifying service for the Medal, may, if otherwise suitable to be reckoned, be counted instead towards the qualifying period for the award of the Colonial Prison Service Medal, Should. however. Our Colonial Police and Fire Brigades' Long Service Medal have been awarded in any specific instance in a Prison Service, the subsequent service in a qualifying Prison Service would properly be reckoned, if satisfying the required standards, towards the grant of a Clasp or Clasps to our Colonial Police and Fire Brigades' Long Service Medal. It shall be a condition of the award of the Medal in the Prison Service in any Colony or Territory under Our Protection that the Imperial Service Medal shall cease to be awarded in such Service.

It shall be a condition of the award of the Medal in the Prison Service in any Colony or Territory under Our Protection that the grant of any unofficial or local long service or good conduct medals for wear in such Service

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