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Formal Consolidation | 1985 RevEd
Punishment of Chief Rehabilitation Officer or Principal Rehabilitation Officer, by Director
46.—(1) The Director may punish any Chief Rehabilitation Officer or Principal Rehabilitation Officer for any of the offences specified in section 43(1) by reprimand, severe reprimand, deductions from pay not exceeding the amount of one month’s pay or by stopping or deferring any increment to salary for which such Chief Rehabilitation Officer or Principal Rehabilitation Officer may be eligible.
(2) Any Chief Rehabilitation Officer or Principal Rehabilitation Officer may appeal to the President against any punishment awarded under this section, provided that the appeal shall be submitted in writing within 30 days from the date upon which the punishment was ordered.
(3) If it appears to the Director that the offence is of such a grave character as to require a more severe punishment than any herein prescribed, he may direct that the person accused be charged before a District Court or Magistrate’s Court, and such person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4) Any person convicted before a District Court or Magistrate’s Court 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.