(b) for the appointment, removal and powers of inspectors, visitors governors and officers
thereof;
(c) for the labour of prisoners undergoing confinement therein, and for enabling, such
prisoners to earn by special industry and good conduct, a remission of a portion of their
sentence ;
(d) for the safe custody of such prisoners and the maintenance of discipline among them and
the punishment by personal correction, restraint or otherwise, of offences committed by
them ;
(e) for the application to naval prisons or detention barracks of any of the provisions of the
Prisons Act, 1894 (IX of 1894), relating to the duties of officers of prisons ;
(f) for the admissions into any prison, at proper times and subject to proper restrictions, of
persons with whom prisoners may desire to communi cate, and for the consultation by
prisoners under trial with their legal advisers without the presence as far as possible of
any third party within hearing distance.
151. Restriction of rulemaking power in respect of corporal punishment. Rules made under
section 150 shall not authorise corporal punishment to be inflicted for any offence, nor render the
imprisonment more severe than it is under any law for the time being in force relating to civil prisons
in Pakistan.
152. Procedural defect or error in the Order or warrant. Confinement of a person undergoing
a sentence of imprisonment or detention under this Ordinance in any place or manner in which he
might be confined under a lawful order or warrant under this Ordinance, shall not be deemed to be
illegal only by reason of any procedural defect or error in or as respects the order, warrant or other
document, or the authority by which, or in pursuance whereof such person was brought into or is
confined in any such place, and any such order, warrant or document may be amended for rectifying
such defect or error.
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