Powers of Superintendent and prison officers

The Superintendent, on appointment and after taking the oaths of allegiance and office as set out in the First Schedule, and every prison officer after signing the attestation set out in the Second Schedule and taking the said oaths, shall so long as he continues to be the Superintendent or a prison 13 (a) have all the powers, authorities, privileges, protection and advantages; and (b) be to all such duties and responsibilities, as the Superintendent or any prison officer duly appointed now has or is subject to or liable to or may hereafter have or be subject to or liable to either by the common law of England or by virtue of any law which now is or may hereafter be in force in Belize.