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Prisons Amendment Act 1999

COOK ISLANDS

PRISONS AMENDMENT ACT 1999

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Superintendent and other officers of prison
3. Visiting Justices
4. Work and earnings
5. Powers of Visiting Justice in relation to offences by inmates
6. Inquests of inmates
7. Powers of Superintendent in relation to certain offences by inmates
8. Offences
9. Regulations

1999, No. 2

An Act to amend the Prisons Act 1967

(17 February 1999

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Prisons Amendment Act 1999 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Prisons Act 1967 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").

2. Superintendent and other officers of prison

Subsection (3) of section 5 of the principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after the word "prison" and before the word "there" the words "wherever possible".

3. Visiting Justices

Subsection (1) of section 8 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "Commissioner of the High Court" and substituting the words "Justice of the Peace of the Cook Islands".

4. Work and earnings

Section 17 of the principal Act is amended by -

(a) deleting from subsection (3), the words "with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance"; and
(b) repealing subsection (4).

5. Power of Visiting Justice in relation to offences by inmates

Subsection (3) of section 27 of the principal Act is amended by repealing paragraph (d).

6. Inquests of inmates

Section 34 of the principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after the word "Coroner", the words ", the Secretary of Justice and the Commissioner of Police".

7. Powers of Superintendent in relation to certain offences by inmates

Subsection (3) of section 28 of the principal Act is amended by repealing paragraph (d).

8. Offences

Section 36 of the principal Act is amended by -

(a) deleting from subsection (1), after the words "fine not exceeding" the word "one", and substituting the word "two"; and
(b) deleting from subsection (3), after the words "fine not exceeding" the word "one", and substituting the word "two".

9. Regulations

Section 37 of the principal Act is amended by –

(a) deleting from paragraph (c) of subsection (2), the word "diet";
(b) deleting from subsection (4), after the words "fine not exceeding" the word "one" and substituting the word "two"; and
(c) repealing subsection (5).

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS: Printed under the authority of the Cook Islands Government - 1999