26. Custody

Terms defined in s 2

• Commissioner General

  Commissioner General

  Defined · s 2

  “Commissioner General” means the Commissioner General of Prison appointed under subsection 10(1);

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• Officer in Charge

  Officer in Charge

  Defined · s 2

  “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…

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• prison

  prison

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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• prison officer

  prison officer

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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• prisoner

  prisoner

  Defined · s 2

  “prisoner” means a person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in a prison and in relation to a convicted prisoner, includes a prisoner released on parole;

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