Section 9
Administration of prisons
ActIn forceProvision 9 of 103
Section 9
(1)
Subject to the provisions of the Federal Constitution relating to the jurisdiction, power and functions of the Commission and the orders of the Minister made under this Act, the general charge and administration of prisons and the control and direction of prison officers throughout Malaysia shall be vested in the Commissioner General.
(2)
The Commissioner General may from time to time make such transfers and direct the employment and distribution of prison officers as he may think fit.