Section 14
of Prisons Act
Section 14
(1)
The Director-General of Health Services shall appoint a Medical
Officer and a Dental Officer for the prisons, and, whenever circumstances permit, a Medical Officer for each of the other prisons in Brunei Darussalam.
[GN 274/2002]
(2)
If the circumstances do not permit of the Director-General of
Health Services making an appointment under subsection (1), the Director-General of Health Services may appoint any registered medical practitioner or any registered dentist to be the Medical Officer or Dental Officer of any specified prison.
[GN 274/2002]
(3)
Whenever a Medical Officer or Dental Officer is, owing to illness or temporary absence or for other sufficient reasons, unable to perform his duties as such Medical Officer or Dental Officer, the Director shall arrange with the Director-General of Health Services for the
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performance of such duties by such other person or officer as the Director-General of Health Services may direct.
[GN 68/1985; GN 274/2002]
Duties of Medical Officer and Dental Officer.