Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part VIII · General
66. Visits by Judges, Magistrates, etc.
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court
“court” means a court established by or under Part IX of the Federal Constitution and shall include— (a) Syariah Courts; (b) Native Courts; and (c) Military Courts;
Magistrate having jurisdiction in a place where a prison is situated may, whenever he thinks fit—
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;
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enter and examine the condition of the prison and of the prisoners in the prison;
question any prisoner or prison officer, and enter any observations he thinks fit to make in reference to the condition of the prison and the prisoners in a Visitors’ Book.
A Visitors’ Book shall be kept for the purpose in subsection (1)
by the Officer in Charge which shall be produced to the Visiting
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…
Justices at their next visit.