66.—(1) Every person who without lawful authority —| (a) | conveys, supplies or causes to be supplied or conveyed to any prisoner, or hides or places for his use any letter or document, or any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions or any other article; | | (b) | brings or attempts by any means to introduce into any prison, or places or attempts to place where prisoners labour, any letter or document, or any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions or any other article to be sold or used therein; | | (c) | brings or attempts to bring out of any prison, or conveys from any prisoner, any letter, document or other article; or | | (d) | communicates with any prisoner, |
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(2) Every prison officer who without lawful authority —| (a) | knowingly suffers any letter or document, or any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions, letter, document or other article to be sold to or received or used by or on behalf of any prisoner; | | (b) | lends or gives to any prisoner any such intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions or other article; or | | (c) | knowingly suffers any letter, document or other article to be brought out of any prison, or to be conveyed from any prisoner, |
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| (3) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, if he is a prison officer, he may, unless the conviction is reversed on appeal, be dismissed from his office, and all arrears of pay due to him may be forfeited. [49 [8/2000] |
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