GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
OF THE

REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
WINDHOEK -8 November 2001

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No.2643

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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 226

Prisons Act, 1998 (Act No. 17 of 1998): Regulations for the Administration and
Control of the Namibian Prison Service ....................................................................... .

Government Notice
MINISTRY OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

No. 226

2001

PRISONS ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 17 1998): REGULATIONS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF THE NAMIBIAN PRISON SERVICE
In terms of section 124 of the Prisons Act, 1998, the Minister ofPrisons and Correctional
Services makes the regulations set out in the Schedule.
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE
·CHAPTER!
PRELIMINARY

1.

Definitions
CHAPTER2
PERSONNEL REGULATION

PART 1
DISTRIBUTION, SERVICE AND RANKS OF PRISON MEMBERS
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Determination of establishment and distribution of prison members
Prison members liable to serve anywhere in Namibia
Precedence of rank of prison members
Precedence of rank in lower ranks
Retention of rank on retirement or resignation and award of honorary rank