173. Establishment and regulation of Air Force prisons or detention barracks. The 1[Federal
Government] may set apart any building or part of a building, or any place under its control, as an Air
Force prison or detention barracks for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment or
deten tion under this Act.
174. Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners. The 1[Federal Government]
may make rules providing___
(a) for the government, management and regulation of Air Force prisons and detention
barracks ;
(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 or persons to earn by special industry and good conduct, a remission of a
portion of their sentence ;
(d) for the safe custody of such prisoners or persons 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 Air Force 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 and the
punishment of persons not being prisoners;
(f) for the admission into any person, 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.
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975 Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
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