Section 7: Powers and privileges of officers
consolidated text (as at 2012, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
7. Powers and privileges of officers
An officer shall—
(a) while in charge of a detainee for the purpose of conveying him
to or from an institution;
(b) for the purpose of apprehending a detainee who has escaped
from lawful custody;
(c) for the purpose of preventing the escape of a detainee or an attack on a detainee; and
(d) in the performance of his duties under this Act,
have all the powers, protection and privileges of a police officer.
8. —
[S. 8 repealed by s. 36 of Act 14 of 2009 w.e.f. 1 July 2009.]
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- Does a prison officer have police-officer powers when apprehending an escaped detainee?