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Prisons (Amendment) Act 1980

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Amends the Prisons Ordinance

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Prisons (Amendment)

Act, No. 6 of 1980.

s 2Insertion of new section 11A in Chapter 54

The following new section is hereby inserted immedi-ately after section 11, and shall have effect as section 11A, of the Prisons Ordinance :—

‘Power to

s 11A

(1)

The Minister may, with the con-y make rules y

;

for the currence of the Minister in charge of the establishment

as and , subject of Finance, make rules providing for ofa. son the establishment and operation of a scheme scheme

for the for the grant of compensation to any prison grant of tion officer who is permanently totally or partial-of respect ly disabled, or to the legal heir or heirs of permanent any prison officer who is dead, in any case partial ont where such disablement or death, as the case of ociion may be, is due to any injury—

ofticers h in the i i discharge

(a)

received by such officer while on duty, of their or duties.

(b)

received by such officer while not on duty in the performance of some act which is within the scope of his ordi-

nary duties, or

(c)

received by such officer in consequence of any act performed in the execu-tion of his duties, or

(ad)

received by such officer as a result of any act of reprisal occasioned by or arising out of any action taken by him in the execution of his duties.

Such rules may provide for the principles, exceptions, restrictions and conditions accord-ing, and subject, to which such compensatior.

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will be granted and for all other matters necessary or expedient for the establishment and operation of such scheme.

(2)

Any compensation granted in accord-anee with rules made under the preceding provisions of this section shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund.

(3)

Where in any case a dispute arises as to whether or not compensation is payable or as to the amount of compensation payable under any rules made under the preceding provisions of this section, such dispute shali be determined by the Secretary to the Minis-try of the Minister in charge of the subject of Justice.

(4)

Any compensation granted in accord-ance with rules made under the preceding provisions of this section in respect of the disablement or death of a prison officer shall be in addition to any pension, gratuity, com-pensation, allowance, or other benefit, grant-ed in respect of such disablement or death under the Minutes on Pension.

(5)

For the purposes of this section “ pri-son officer”, means the Commissioner of

Prisons, Deputy Commissioner of Prisons, officers of the prison staff and includes any other person employed in the Department of

Prisons.’,

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