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Probation of Offenders Rules

[CAP. 298

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PROBATION OF OFFENDERS RULES

G.N.A. 3/58.

L.N. 35/63. L.N. 19/67.

(Cap. 298, section 12)

L.N. 42/73.

L.N. 226/76.

L.N. 146/77. L.N. 60/87.

[17 January 1958.]

PART I

GENERAL

1. These rules may be cited as the Probation of Offenders Rules.

2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Director" means the Director of Social Welfare;

"medical officer" means a medical officer appointed under rule 38;

"Ordinance" means the Probation of Offenders Ordinance;

“supervising court", in relation to a probationer or a probation order, means the magistrates court having jurisdiction in the district or area in which the probationer is, for the time being, resident.

Citation.

Interpretation.

L.N. 42/73.

(Cap. 298.)

PART II

[Revoked, L.N. 146/77]

PART III

PROBATION OFFICERS

Duties

15. The duties to be performed by the Principal Probation Officer shall include-

(a) the organization and control of the probation service; (b) the supervision and training of probation officers and

distribution of work between probation officers.

16. A probation officer shall make such preliminary inquiries, including inquiries into the home surroundings, as a court may direct in respect of any offender in whose case the question of the making of a probation order may arise.

Duties of Principal Probation Officer. L.N. 42/73. L.N. 146/77.

Preliminary inquiries.

requirements of probation orders.

17. A probation officer shall, when required by a probation Explaining order, undertake the supervision of a probationer and shall ascertain that the probationer understands the requirements and conditions of the probation order and shall by warning and persuasion endeavour