Threatening or insulting superiors
64.—(1)  Any prison officer who assaults, threatens or insults any officer senior to him in the prisons service when the senior officer is on duty or when the assault, threat or insult is related to or is consequent upon the discharge of duty by the officer so assaulted, threatened or insulted, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction before a District Court or Magistrate’s Court to a fine not exceeding $1,200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
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(2)  Any person convicted under this section may, unless the conviction is reversed on appeal, be dismissed from his office, and all arrears of pay due to him may be forfeited.
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