Punishment by Superintendent for aggravated prison offences
71.—(1) The Superintendent may punish any prisoner found after due inquiry to be guilty of an aggravated prison offence as specified in section 73 by ordering him to undergo one or more of the following punishments:
(a)
corporal punishment not exceeding 12 strokes with a rattan;
(b)
confinement in a punishment cell for a term not exceeding 7 days;
(c)
forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;
(d)
reduction in grade or postponement of promotion for such period as may be prescribed.
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(2) Where the Superintendent has imposed any punishment upon any prisoner under subsection (1), the Superintendent shall notify the Director of the facts of the case and the punishment imposed on the prisoner not later than 7 days after imposition of the punishment.
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(3) The Director may within 7 days of being notified by the Superintendent under subsection (2) —
(a)
confirm any punishment imposed by the Superintendent under subsection (1); or
(b)
vary any punishment imposed by a Superintendent under subsection (1), including enhancing, reducing or substituting the punishment imposed by the Superintendent or imposing such additional punishment that could have been awarded by the Superintendent under that subsection.
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(4) Where the Director imposes forfeiture of remission under subsection (3)(b), the forfeiture of remission shall not exceed such amount as may be prescribed.
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(5) Any punishment imposed by a Superintendent under subsection (1) shall not be carried out until confirmed, or varied, by the Director under subsection (3).
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(6) The Superintendent shall enter in a register to be open to the inspection of the Visiting Justices a record of the punishments imposed by him and by the Director under subsection (3) upon prisoners, showing, in respect of each prisoner punished, the name of the prisoner, the nature of his offence and the extent of his punishment.