Malaysia legislation
Section 67
Section 67
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(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations made under this section may provide for all or any of the following matters:
(a)
the powers and duties of persons employed in the prison department;
(b)
the inspection and management of lock-ups, the officers to be in charge of the lock-ups, and for the employment, diet and discipline of persons confined in the lock-ups;
(c)
the medical examination, measuring, photographing and taking of fingerprint impressions or other records of prisoners, including detailed personal statistics and histories, and for requiring full and truthful answers to all questions put to the prisoners with the object of obtaining such statistics and histories;
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(d)
the persons, if any, to whom such measurements, photographs, fingerprint impressions or other records are to be sent or supplied;
(e)
the diets, categorization, safe custody, separation, treatment and discipline of prisoners;
(ea) the treatment and wellbeing of a child born to a prisoner while in custody and a child of a female prisoner admitted with his mother;
(f)
the employment of prisoners, including provisions for the rate, use and apportionment of earnings of prisoners;
(g)
the scheme of gainful employment and in particular for—
(i)
the categories of prisoners who are eligible to take up employment under the scheme;
(ii)
the terms and conditions upon which prisoners are to be permitted to take up employment outside the limits of a prison;
(iii)
the terms and conditions of employment;
(iv)
the manner in which wages shall be paid to the prisoners;
(v)
the proportion of and the manner in which the wages earned by prisoners under the scheme of employment may be retained by the prisoners;
(h)
the kind of labour to be exacted at the different stages of imprisonment of the prisoners and the manner and place of exacting such labour;
(i)
the disposal of the products of labour of prisoners other than the products of labour in the scheme mentioned in paragraph (2)(h);
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(j)
the remission of sentences to be allowed to prisoners who duly comply with the regulations to which they are subjected, and the conditions on which such remissions are to be made;
(k)
the establishment of prisoners’ aid associations and for the subsidising of their work and the utilizing of their services in connection with prisoners discharged on probation and convicted prisoners whose sentences have expired;
(l)
the supply of money, food, clothing or means of travelling to prisoners on their discharge;
(m)
the administration of the Prison Officers’ Reward Fund;
(n)
the proceedings and visits of the Visiting Justices;
(o)
the classification of offences;
(p)
the procedure for the carrying out of inquiries into offences committed by prisoners and for matters related thereto;
(pa) the management and implementation of parole;
(pb) the objectives of the Prison Cadet and its administration;
and
(q)
any matter which is required to be or which may be prescribed under this Act.
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