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Advising. assisting and be-

friending proba-

tioners.

Probation officers

to submit

reports.

Reports

how made.

Reports from

institutions

and other

officers.

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19. A probation officer shall advise, assist and befriend the probationer, and when necessary endeavour to find him employ- ment. For these purposes he shall secure as far as possible the co-operation and assistance of social and religious workers.

Reports.

20. (1) When any person has been placed on probation, the probation officer under whose supervision the probationer is for the time being, shall, if so requested by the supervising court, from time to time report to such court upon the probationer's mode of life and generally upon his progress,

(2) A probation officer shall from time to time report to the Principal Probation Officer and to the appropriate probation committee upon the conduct and mode of life and generally upon the progress of every probationer who has been placed under his supervision.

(3) Where a probationer fails to comply with any of the requirements of a probation order, the probation officer shall report the fact to the supervising court and to the appropriate probation committee.

21. Reports made under rule 20 shall be made at such inter- vals and in such manner as may be directed by the supervising court or appropriate probation committee or by the Principal Probation Officer, as the case may be, and they shall not be made in open court or published.

22. (1) A report made in pursuance of subsection (4) of section

4 of the Ordinance, shall includo-

(a) a report by the superintendent of the approved institu- tion in which the probationer has been required to reside, and

(b) a report by the appropriate probation officer as to the suitability of such probationer's home or other place where, if the requirement of residence in such institution is cancelled, he proposes to reside.

(2) It shall be the duty of the probation officer appointed or assigned to any area to furnish to another probation officer, on request, such a report as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of this rule.

23. Every probation officer shall keep in the form and Records. manner prescribed by these rules a proper record concerning cach probationer placed under his supervision and shall ensure that access to such record is not available to unauthorized persons.

24. Every probation officer shall enter the particulars form- Forme. ing the record of each case under his supervision on the appro priate form prescribed in the Schedule.

PART IV.

APPROVED InstitutionS,

Generul management.

Schedule.

25. (1) The superintendent of an approved institution shall Duties of be responsible to the Principal Probation Officer for the cfficient superin- conduct thereof.

(a) The superintendent shall keep-

(4) a register of all probationers admitted to and discharged

from the institution;

(b) a log book in which shall be entered every event of

importance connected with the institution;

(c) a daily register of the presence or absence of each

probationer in or from the institution ;

(d) a separate case record in respect of each probationer resident in the institution in a form prescribed by the Principal Probation Officer.

tendents of approved institutions.

26. Where a probationer absconds from an approved institu- Notification tion the superintendent thereof shall forthwith notify the Principal of abscond-

ing proba- Probation Officer and the officer in charge of the police station in tioners. the district in which such institution is situated.

27. The superintendent of an approved institution shall, on Progress the request of a probation committee, make a written report on the reports by

superin- progress of any probationer residing therein.

tendents.

28. The superintendent of an approved institution shall, Superin- subject to any directions of the Principal Probation Officer, determine

Londents to

determine the duties of the other members of the staff thereof, staff duties.

29. If the superintendent is absent from an approved institu- Abaence of tion for a period of more than twenty-four hours he shall, subject tendent for

superia- to the approval of the Principal Probation Officer, nominate in more than writing a senior member of the staff thereof who shall, during hours. such period of absence, carry out the duties of superintendent.

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