90Regulations

90 Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without affecting the generality of subsection (1) , the regulations may make provision for or with respect to –

(a) the management, good order and security of prisons and discipline and welfare of prisoners and detainees, the privileges of prisoners and detainees and the procedures for hearing and dealing with prison offences and acts of misconduct by prisoners and detainees; and

(b) the regulation and control of prisoners and detainees and the preservation of order; and

(c) [Section 90 Subsection (2) amended by No. 52 of 2016, s. 19, Applied:01 Dec 2017] the manner of dealing with and disposing of any thing seized in searches or examinations, or searches and examinations, carried out under sections 20 and 22 ; and

(d) [Section 90 Subsection (2) amended by No. 32 of 2019, s. 6, Applied:01 Nov 2020] the mitigation or remission, conditional or otherwise, of the sentence of a prisoner as an incentive to, or reward for, good conduct while the prisoner is in custody or as an incentive to, or reward for, engaging, while the prisoner is in custody, in activities that are rehabilitative or of a kind approved by the Director; and

(da) [Section 90 Subsection (2) amended by No. 32 of 2019, s. 6, Applied:01 Nov 2020] the granting under section 87 of special management days; and

(e) the recording of the name, age, height and weight of a prisoner or detainee, the photographing of a prisoner or detainee and the recording of the impressions of the fingers, palms and such other details as may be prescribed of a prisoner or detainee; and

(f) the administration of punishment authorised by this Act; and

(g) the payment of money to prisoners and detainees for work performed by them or for other prescribed reasons and the manner of holding and disbursing that money; and