PART IV
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF CORPORATION
Functions of Corporation
15.  The functions of the Corporation shall be —
(a)to manage and maintain the vocational or industrial training institutions transferred to the Corporation by this Act and such other institutions as the Corporation may establish under this Act for the employment, or vocational or industrial training of prisoners and inmates;
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(b)to provide or secure the provision of such employment or facilities for such training and to organise programmes therefor;
(c)to provide technical training in skilled trades for suitable prisoners and inmates;
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(d)to promote the vocational skills of prisoners and inmates;
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(e)to provide any prisoner with work for the purposes of section 67 of the Prisons Act (Cap. 247);
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(f)to advise the Government on all matters relating to the provision of vocational or industrial training and technical training in trades for prisoners and inmates; and
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(g)to provide or secure the provision of rehabilitative and aftercare services to prisoners and inmates before and after their discharge from custody and to assist the provision by others of such services.
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Powers
16.  The Corporation may do all things that are advantageous, necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may —
(a)provide, whether by itself or with the co-operation of other persons, such vocational or industrial training schemes for any prisoner and inmate as the Corporation thinks fit;
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(b)carry on any trade or business whether by arrangement with other persons or by itself for the purpose of providing facilities for the training of or employment for prisoners and inmates;
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(c)pay such salaries, wages, remuneration or allowances as the Corporation thinks fit to prisoners and inmates who work for the Corporation;
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(d)acquire, hire, procure, construct, erect, manufacture, provide, operate, maintain or repair anything whatsoever required by the Corporation for the purposes of this Act;
(e)levy such rates and charges for services performed as the Corporation may consider expedient;
(f)receive donations and contributions from any source and raise funds by all lawful means;
(g)make loans to persons, other than prisoners and inmates, who are employed by the Corporation (including loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);
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(h)promote recreational activities for and activities conducive to the welfare of persons, other than prisoners and inmates, who are or have been engaged in the employment of the Corporation and assist the promotion by others of those activities;
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(i)enter into such contracts as the Corporation considers necessary for the discharge of its functions;
(j)make grants or lend money to, or enter into guarantees on behalf of, any person or organisation in matters relating to the provision of industrial or vocational training for, or of rehabilitative and aftercare services to, prisoners and inmates before and after their discharge from custody;
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(ja)make grants or lend money to, or enter into guarantees on behalf of, prisoners and inmates after their discharge from custody for the purposes of any vocation, trade or business carrying on by them;
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(k)with the approval of the Minister, enter into joint ventures with any person or organisation, or cause to be formed under the provisions of the Companies Act [Cap. 50] an incorporated company or companies for the purpose of carrying out any of the functions of the Corporation; and
(l)do all such other things as are incidental to or necessary for the performance of its functions.
Appointment of committees and delegation of powers
17.—(1)  The Corporation may appoint from among its own members or other persons who are not members such number of committees as it thinks fit consisting of members or other persons or members and other persons for purposes which, in the opinion of the Corporation, would be better regulated and managed by means of those committees.
(2)  The Corporation may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it thinks fit, delegate to any such committee, the Chairman, any member or the chief executive officer all or any of the powers, functions and duties by this Act vested in the Corporation, except the power to borrow money; and any power, function or duty so delegated may be exercised or performed by that committee, the Chairman, member or the chief executive officer, as the case may be, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation.
(3)  The Corporation may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it thinks fit, delegate to any employee thereof all or any of the Corporation’s powers, functions and duties by this Act vested in the Corporation, except the power to borrow money or to raise or grant loans or advances to or subscribe to or underwrite the issue of stocks, shares, bonds or debentures of industrial enterprises; and any power, function or duty so delegated may be exercised or performed by such employee in the name and on behalf of the Corporation.
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