Section 16
of Prisons Act
Section 16
(1)
All prison officers shall be engaged in accordance with the conditions of service applicable to them at the date of their engagement.
(2)
Every subordinate officer who shall have completed the period of service for which he was engaged may offer himself for re-engagement for a further period and, if approved, may be re-engaged on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director.
(3)
Every such re-engagement shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the original engagement signed by the person re-engaged and by the
Director.
(4)
No prison officer shall be entitled, without written permission of the Director, to resign or withdraw from prison duties unless he has given not less than one month notice in writing to the Director of his intention to resign.
(5)
Every such notice shall be given on or before the first day of the month at the end of which such officer intends to cease performing prison duties.
(6)
Any prison officer who contravenes the provisions of subsection (4) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$500 and imprisonment for 3 months; and all arrears of pay due to him may be forfeited.
(7)
The Director may at any time, with the consent of the Minister, discharge any Warder whose appointment has been confirmed —
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(a)
if the Director considers that the officer is unlikely to become or has ceased to be an efficient prison officer;
(b)
the officer is certified by a Government Medical Officer to be physically or mentally unfit for service in the Prison Service; or
(c)
on reorganisation or reduction of the establishment of the
Prison Service.
Appointment of Principal Officer, Probation Officer and Matron.