Prison rules for officers and prisoners

(1) The Minister may from time to time make and when made alter, amend or rescind rules for, (a) the government of any prison and the maintenance of good order and discipline among the prisoners; (b) the classification, hours of labour and mode of employment of prisoners; (c) the identification of prisoners by such methods as he may by such rules prescribe; (d) the imposition of any punishment by solitary confinement not exceeding fourteen days; and (e) defining the duties and powers of the Superintendent of Prisons. (2) All rules so made and all alterations, amendments or rescissions thereof shall be published in the Gazette and shall thereafter have the force of law and be judicially noticed by all courts.