ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prisons Act
51. Punishment of prisoners by officer in charge
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
51. Punishment of prisoners by officer in charge
(1)An officer in charge, if he is a senior prison officer or an administrative officer, may punish any prisoner found after due inquiry by him to be guilty of a minor offence by awarding him one or more of the following punishments—(a)confinement in a separate cell on the prescribed punishment diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;(b)forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;(c)reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or forfeiture of all or part of earnings, or removal from any earnings, or removal from any earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.(2)An officer in charge, if a subordinate prison officer, may punish any prisoner found after due inquiry by him to be guilty of a minor prison offence by awarding him one or more of the following punishments—(a)confinement in a separate cell on the prescribed punishment diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;(b)reduction in stage, or forfeiture of all privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or forfeiture of all or part of earnings, or removal from any earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.(3)An officer in charge, if a senior prison officer or an administrative officer, may punish any prisoner found after due inquiry by him to be guilty of an aggravated prison offence by awarding him one or more of the following punishments—(a)corporal punishment with a cane not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;(b)confinement in a separate cell on the prescribed punishment diet for a term not exceeding such period as may be prescribed;(c)forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed;(d)reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement, of promotion in stage, or forfeiture of all or part of earnings, or removal from any earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed.