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Powers and duties of Commis. sioner.

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(b) communicates to the public press information derived from official sources or connected with his duties or the prison,

commits a breach of confidence and shall be liable to dismissal.

(b) Senior Officers.

(i) Commissioner.

76. (1) The Commissioner shall, subject to the orders and directions of the Governor, have the administrative command and direction of all prisons and such other institutions as may be placed under his control, and the officers of the Prisons Depart- ment and may transfer for duty anywhere within the Colony any such officer.

(2) The Commissioner may, subject to the provisions of these rules and to the orders and directions of the Governor, from time to time frame orders and regulations for the observance of all officers of the Prisons Department.

(3) The Commissioner shall periodically visit and inspect all institutions under his control.

(4) The Commissioner shall issue such orders as may be necessary for the government of all institutions under his control in conformity with these rules, and for the discipline of the persons, other than subordinate officers, employed therein.

(5) The Commissioner shall submit to the Governor as soon as possible after the thirty-first day of March in each year, an annual report for the previous year referring to all subjects of interest connected with the institutions under his contral.

(6) The Commissioner may order any subordinate officer and other persons employed in the prisons to make good or pay for any damage done to Government property,

(7) The Commissioner may punish any subordinate officer and other persons employed in the prisons for misconduct, neglect, and breach of duty, or of discipline, or of these rules by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars in all cases referred to him by the Superintendent.

(8) The Commissioner shall pay into the Prisons Department Welfare Fund all moneys received by him in payment of fines.

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(9) The Commissioner may permit persons of respectability to view the institutions under his control at such times as he may approve. Visitors shall, at all times, be accompanied by an officer of the Prisons Department.

(10) The Commissioner shall ensure compliance with the provisions of section 22 of the Ordinance at all times.

(11) The Commissioner may exercise all or any of the powers conferred by these rules on the Superintendent and may perform all or any of the duties prescribed for him.

(ii) Superintendent.

matters

77. The Superintendent (or other officer in charge of a prison, Duty to whatever his or her rank may be) shall supervise and control all supervise matters in connexion with the prison of which he or she may be connected in charge and shall be responsible to the Commissioner for the with prison. conduct and treatment of the officers of the Prisons Department and prisoners under his control and for the due observance by such officers and prisoners of the provisions of these rules and of all orders issued thereunder.

78. (1) The Superintendent shall strictly conform to these Daly to rules, and he shall be responsible for their due observance by conform to others.

rules and to enforce their ob.

(2) The Superintendent shall keep a journal in which he servance, shall enter such matters as he may be directed,

79. The Superintendent shall observe the conduct of the sub- Daty to ordinate officers and other persons employed in the prisons and maintain

discipline. shall be responsible for the maintenance of strict discipline throughout the prison.

89. The Superintendent shall ensure that every officer is Duty to fully instructed in his duties.

instruct every officer in his duties.

81. The Superintendent shall transmit to the Commissioner Daty to without delay any report or complaint which any subordinate transmit

complaints. officer or other person employed in the prisons may make to him. He shall on no account suppress it, but he may make such explanation as may appear to him to be necessary.