The Commissioner General shall—
Commissioner General
“Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);
periodically visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected, all prisons in Malaysia;
supervise and control all matters in connection with any prison, the administration of which is vested in him; and
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3 and shall include the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
be responsible to the Minister for—
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for prisons;
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the conduct and treatment of the prison officers and prisoners under his control;
the due observance by prison officers and prisoners of the provisions of this Act and of all other written laws relating to prisons or prisoners; and
the transferred prisoners as provided in Part IVB.
Subject to the orders of the Commissioner General, the State
Prison Director shall in respect of the State under his charge—
supervise and control Officer in Charge, prison officer training centre, parole and community service; and
be responsible to the Commissioner General for—
the due observance by prison officers and prisoners of this Act and of all other written laws relating to prison, prison officer training centre, parole and community service;
the supervision of any matters relating to the Board of Visiting Justices;
the management of matters relating to pardon of prisoners; and
the transfer of prisoners as provided in Part IVB.
Subject to the orders of the Commissioner General, the Officer in Charge shall—
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…
supervise and control all matters in connection with any prison, the administration of which is vested in him; and
be responsible to the Commissioner General for—
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the conduct and treatment of the prison officers and prisoners under his control; and
the due observance by prison officers and prisoners of the provisions of this Act and of all other written laws relating to prisons or prisoners.
The Commissioner General may, in writing, delegate the exercise of any of his powers or the performance of any of his duties under this Act to any prison officer—
prison officer
“prison officer” means a uniformed staff of the prison department from and including the rank of Commissioner General of Prison down to and including a Warder;
subject to such conditions or restrictions as the
Commissioner General may think fit; and
save in matters relating to transfer of prison officers, the making and issuance of Standing Orders, and any functions delegated to the Commissioner General by the
Commission pursuant to Clause (6) of Article 144 of the
Federal Constitution.