Directive relating to visiting hours of inmates, delivery of food items to inmates and issuing of permits to offenders and persons accompanying offenders during period of lockdown
Government Notice 105 of 2020
Directive relating to visiting hours of inmates, delivery of food items to inmates and issuing of permits to offenders and persons accompanying offenders during period of lockdown

Namibian Constitution
Directive relating to visiting hours of inmates, delivery of food items to inmates and issuing of permits to offenders and persons accompanying offenders during period of lockdown
Government Notice 105 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette 7184 on 21 April 2020
- Assented to on 17 April 2020
- Commenced on 21 April 2020
- [This is the version of this document from 21 April 2020 and includes any amendments published up to 17 January 2025.]
1. Definitions
In this directive a word or an expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the State of Emergency - Covid-19 Regulations has that meaning, and unless the context otherwise indicates -"correctional facility" means a correctional facility as defined in section 1 of the Correctional Service Act;"correctional officer" means a correctional officer as defined in section 1 of the Correctional Service Act;"Correctional Service Act" means the Correctional Service Act, 2012 (Act No. 9 of 2012);"inmate" means an inmate as defined in section I of the Correctional Service Act;"offender" means an offender as defined in section 1 of the Correctional Service Act;"permit" means a permit referred to in regulation 6(6) of the Regulations;"prohibited article" means a prohibited article as defined in section 1 of the Correctional Service Act;"the Regulations" means the State of Emergency - Covid-19 Regulations, published under Proclamation No. 9 of 28 March 2020; and"zone" means a zone referred to in regulations 6(1) ofthe Regulations.2. Visiting hours and delivery of food items to inmates during period of lockdown
3. Issuing of permits to offenders travelling to or from zones and persons accompanying offenders
History of this document
21 April 2020 this version
Commenced
17 April 2020
Assented to