Section 3: National Preventive Mechanism Division
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3. National Preventive Mechanism Division
(1) There shall be for the purposes of this Act a National Preventive
Mechanism Division which shall be a Division of the Commission.
(2) The National Preventive Mechanism Division shall for the purposes of
Part IV of the Optional Protocol be the National Preventive Mechanism.
(3) Section 3 of the Protection of Human Rights Act shall apply to the
Division.
(4) The Division shall consist of—
(a) the Chairperson as its head;
(b) a Deputy Chairperson; and
(c) 2 members.
(5) Of the 2 members referred to in subsection (4) (c)—
(a) one member shall be selected from a list submitted by nongovernmental organisations involved in social work in prisons;
and
(b) the other member shall be a person having knowledge and
experience in the field of human rights, law, employment, industrial relations, business administration, education, sociology,
policing, social work, psychology, psychiatry, medicine or prison
management.
(6) The Division may, where it considers necessary, co-opt any expert
with the relevant professional expertise, experience and knowledge to assist
it in the discharge of its functions under this Act.