Section 50
Punishment by Director or by Visiting Justices. [GN 68/1985]
of Prisons Act
(1)
Where a prisoner is accused of any aggravated prison offence and the Officer-in-Charge is of the opinion that in the circumstances of the case, the power of punishment which he possesses is inadequate, he may either submit to the Director a copy of the record of the investigation, and the
Director may thereupon decide the matter within the limit of his own power of punishment as conferred by subsection (3).
(2)
In the alternative, the Officer-in-Charge may forthwith report the matter in writing to the Visiting Justices, the Visiting Justices shall upon receipt of such report, attend at the prison without undue delay and investigate the charge, and may punish any prisoner whom, after due inquiry, upon oath, they may find guilty of such offence with one or more of the following punishments —
(a)
confinement in a cell on the prescribed restricted diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;
(b)
corporal punishment not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;
(c)
forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;
(d)
reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or removal from the earnings
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scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.
(3)
The Director shall have power to investigate and decide complaints respecting any offence against prison discipline; and he may order any prisoner found guilty by him of any such offence to undergo one or more of the punishments prescribed in subsection (2).
(4)
Whenever it appears to the Officer-in-Charge that it is desirable for the good order and discipline of the prison for a prisoner to be segregated and not to work or be located in association with other prisoners, it shall be lawful for such officer to order the segregation of the prisoner for such period as may be considered necessary.
Register of punishment.