Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Discipline and Prison Offences
74. Punishment by Visiting Justices
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Where a prisoner is accused of any aggravated prison offence and the Superintendent is of the opinion that, in the circumstances of the case, the power of punishment which the Superintendent possesses is inadequate, the Superintendent must forthwith report the matter in writing to the Visiting Justice or Justices.
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;
The Visiting Justice or Justices are to, upon receipt of such report, attend at the prison without undue delay and investigate the charge, and may punish any prisoner whom after due inquiry upon oath the Visiting Justice or Justices may find guilty of such offence with one or more of the following punishments:
Visiting Justice
“Visiting Justice” means a member of the Board of Visiting Justices appointed under section 79.
confinement in a punishment cell for a term not exceeding 30 days on such prescribed diet as the Visiting Justice or Justices may think fit;
corporal punishment not exceeding 24 strokes with a rattan;
forfeiture of remission not exceeding the amount that may be prescribed;
if the prisoner is subject to an SPP or SEPP, postponement of the date on which the prisoner may be released on any release order for a period that may be prescribed.