Section 59
of Prisons Act
Section 59
Any prison officer below the rank of Principal Officer who commits a disciplinary offence shall be liable, on conviction by a Magistrate or by any person empowered by the rules made under this Act to convict any such officer, but without prejudice to any provision for confirmation or appeal which may be prescribed by such rules, to such punishment as may be prescribed by the rules and to dismissal:
Provided that this section shall not be deemed to authorise the prescribing of punishments other than the following —
(a)
in the case of conviction by a Magistrate, a fine of $500 and imprisonment for 6 months;
(b)
in the case of conviction by a prison officer —
(i)
reduction in rank;
(ii)
stoppage, deferment or forfeiture of any increment of salary;
(iii)
forfeiture of pay, whether by deduction or otherwise;
(iv)
compulsory performance of extra duties or drills;
(v)
severe reprimand, reprimand or warning;
(vi)
confinement to barracks not exceeding 14 days;
(vii)
payment of compensation for the destruction or loss of, or for injury to, any Government property, which, in the case of conviction by a Magistrate, may be assessed summarily by the court and recovered as if it were a fine;
(c)
in lieu of or in addition to any of the aforesaid punishments, such prison officer may be dismissed from the Prisons Department.
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