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Religious services and instruction.

Educational classes.

Leave of absence.

Disciplinary

offences.

(cap. 204, sub, leg.)

Punishment which may be Imposed by the Superintendent.

10. Every inmate shall be supplied with food in accordance with such scales of diet as the Governor shall from time to time approve.

11. The Superintendent may, if satisfied that an inmate belongs to a religious denomination, if the inmate so desires and it is reasonably practicable so to do, make arrangements for the inmate to attend appropriate religious services or instruction.

12. The Superintendent may require an inmate to attend any course, class or lecture which the Superintendent considers would be beneficial to the inmate.

13. (1) The Commissioner may grant to an inmate leave of absence for a period not exceeding seventy-two hours at any one time.

(2) An 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 addiction treatment centre and the address at which the inmate is required to reside during his leave.

(3) An inmate who, without lawful excuse-

(a) fails to return to the addiction treatment centre at or before the expiration of the period for which he has been granted leave; or

(b) fails to reside at the address specified in the pass issued

under paragraph (2).

shall be guilty of a disciplinary offence.

14. An inmate who commits any of the offences enumerated in rule 61 of the Prison Rules as applied by section 9 of the Ordinance shall be guilty of a disciplinary offence.

15. (1) An inmale who commits a disciplinary offence under regulation 13 or 14 shall be liable, by order of the Superintendent, to any one or more of the following punishments—

(2) separate confinement on such restricted diet as may be approved by the Governor for a period not exceeding seven days;

(6) separate confinement for a period not exceeding twenty-

eight days;

(c) forfeiture of privileges for a period not exceeding three

months;

(d) deprivation of earnings or part thereof;

(e) deduction from earnings of the cost of any Government property lost, or wilfully damaged or destroyed by the inmate.

(2) An inmate may appeal to the Commissioner against any order made by the Superintendent under paragraph (1), within forty-eight hours after the making of the order, by giving notice in writing to the Superintendent, and the Superintendent shall forthwith notify the Commissioner accordingly and shall stay execution of the order pending the determination of the appeal.

(3) The Commissioner may confirm, vary or reverse the order against which the appeal is made or may substitule therefor any other order which the Superintendent was compelent to make under paragraph (1).

16. The forms set out in the Schedule shall be used for the purposes specified therein.

SCHEDULE.

FORM 1.

Drug Addiction TreatmENT CENTREs Ordinance 1968.

(No. 42 of 1968).

(s. 4(3).]

WARRANT OF REMAND IN CUSTODY PENDING RECEIPT OF REPORT AS TO SUITABILITY FOR DETENTION IN AN

ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.

In the

Supreme District Magistrate's

Court helden at

TO each and all of the police officers of the Colony and to the Commis-

sioner of Prisons (hereinafter called the Commissioner).

- - - - - - - - * EPISTO

(bereinafter called the defendant) was on the

day of 19.............. found guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment otherwise than for non-payment of a fine.

The further hearing of the case being adjourned pending receipt from the Commissioner of a report as to the suitability of the defendant for cure and rehabilitation in an addiction treatment centre and on the avail- ability of places therein.

YOU, the said police officers are therefore commanded to convey the defendant and deliver him to the Commissioner together with this warrant; and you the said Commissioner to receive the said defendant into your custody and keep him until the

day of

19.

and on that day you, the said police officers are required to convey him

Forms.

Salodule.