1986 Ed.]
Prison Rules
[CAP. 234
A 31
[Subsidiary]
95. (1) The Superintendent shall hear daily all reports at such hours as may be most convenient.
(2) The Superintendent shall ensure that every prisoner having a complaint to make or a request to prefer to him shall have ample facilities for so doing, and he shall take all the necessary steps to redress all grievances so far as is possible.
96. The Superintendent shall assist the police in the identification of prisoners, and shall, for this purpose, give all such information within his knowledge.
97. The Superintendent shall-
(a) exercise a general supervision over stores and transport;
(b) at frequent intervals check items in stores against the numbers or quantities in the store ledger in order to ascertain whether they agree;
(c) from time to time check moneys and property belonging to prisoners and ensure that they are properly kept.
98. The Superintendent shall, on the occasion of a prisoner who is committed for trial, being served with a copy of the indictment, with the notice of trial endorsed thereon or annexed thereto, ask him if he wishes to see a legal adviser or if he wishes to call witnesses for his defence, and shall at once inform the police authorities in order that any such witnesses may, if required, be summoned to appear at his trial.
99. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the production of all prisoners for trial before the High Court or District Court, and he shall take measures as he may deem necessary for their safe custody.
100. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the discharge of all prisoners as soon as they are entitled to be released for any reason whatsoever.
101. The Superintendent shall whenever a violent prisoner cannot be restrained by normal means and whose violence is, in his opinion, due to the prisoner's mental condition, or disease report the fact to the Medical Officer, and shall act on his instructions.
102. The Superintendent shall attend on every occasion when corporal punishment is inflicted within the prison. He shall enter in his journal the hour at which the punishment was inflicted, the number of strokes and any order which he or the Medical Officer may have given on the occasion.
103. The Superintendent shall attend at every execution, and shall enter in his journal the hour when it occurred.
Duty as to reports and complaints.
Duty to assist police.
Duty to check stores, transport and prisoners' property. L.N. 65/69.
Duty towards prisoners committed for trial.
Duty to produce prisoners before High Court or District Court. L.N. 65/69.
Responsibility for discharge of prisoners.
Duty to report inability to restrain a violent prisoner.
Duty to attend on occasion when corporal punishment is inflicted.
Duty to attend executions.
1986 Ed.]
Prison Rules
[CAP. 234
A 31
[Subsidiary]
95. (1) The Superintendent shall hear daily all reports at such hours as may be most convenient.
(2) The Superintendent shall ensure that every prisoner having a complaint to make or a request to prefer to him shall have ample facilities for so doing, and he shall take all the necessary steps to redress all grievances so far as is possible.
96. The Superintendent shall assist the police in the identifica- tion of prisoners, and shall, for this purpose, give all such informa- tion within his knowledge.
97. The Superintendent shall-
(a) exercise a general supervision over stores and transport; (b) at frequent intervals check items in stores against the numbers or quantities in the store ledger in order to ascertain whether they agree;
(c) from time to time check moneys and property belonging to
prisoners and ensure that they are properly kept.
98. The Superintendent shall, on the occasion of a prisoner who is committed for trial, being served with a copy of the indictment, with the notice of trial endorsed thereon or annexed thereto, ask him if he wishes to see a legal adviser or if he wishes to call witnesses for his defence, and shall at once inform the police authorities in order that any such witnesses may, if required, be summoned to appear at his trial.
99. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the production of all prisoners for trial before the High Court or District Court, and he shall take measures as he may deem necessary for their safe custody.
100. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the discharge of all prisoners as soon as they are entitled to be released for any reason whatsoever.
101. The Superintendent shall whenever a violent prisoner cannot be restrained by normal means and whose violence is, in his opinion, due to the prisoner's mental condition, or disease report the fact to the Medical Officer, and shall act on his instructions.
102. The Superintendent shall attend on every occasion when corporal punishment is inflicted within the prison. He shall enter in his journal the hour at which the punishment was inflicted, the number of strokes and any order which he or the Medical Officer may have given on the occasion.
103. The Superintendent shall attend at every execution, and shall enter in his journal the hour when it occurred.
Duty as to reports and complaints.
Duty to assist police.
Duty to check stores, transport and prisoners' property. L.N. 65/69.
Duty towards prisoners com- mitted for trial.
Duty to produce prisoners before High Court or District Court. L.N. 65/69.
Responsibility for discharge of prisoners.
Duty to report inability to restrain a violent prisoner.
Duty to attend on occasion when corporal punishment is inflicted.
Duty to attend executions.
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