Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part III · Officers
12. Commissioner General’s Standing Orders
Feedback & supportThe Commissioner General may make and issue orders, to be called Commissioner General’s Standing Orders not inconsistent with this Act or of any regulations made under the Act.
Commissioner General
“Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);
Duties of the Commissioner General, State Prison Director and
State Prison Director
“State Prison Director” means a prison officer at a particular State not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Prison;
Officer in Charge
Officer in Charge
“Officer in Charge” means a prison officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Prison who is in charge of a prison; *NOTE—All references to the Director General of Prison and Deputy Director General of Prison in any written law or in any instrument, deed, title, document, bond, agreement and working arrangement subsisting immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Prison Act (Amendment) 2008, shall, on the date of the coming into operation…