Prison officers not to receive gratuities

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, it shall not be lawful for any prison officer to take or receive any gratuity, fee, remuneration or reward, pecuniary or otherwise, for the performance of any act done or to be done by him in the execution of his duty, except only the pay and allowances appertaining to his rank or grade, and any such member acting in breach of this provision shall be liable to suspension, or dismissal, and shall also be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars. (2) Nothing contained in subsection (1) of this section, shall prevent any prison officer from accepting any gratuity or reward conferred upon him by virtue of any enactment now or hereafter in force.