Power to delegate

(1) The Chief Commissioner for Prisons may delegate the powers conferred on him or her by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament to such persons or authorities, being part of the Malawi Prisons Service, as he or she considers appropriate. (2) With respect to the delegation of powers in subsection (1)— (a) the Chief Commissioner for Prisons shall notify the Prisons Service Commission and the Inspectorate of Prisons of any such delegation; and (b) the Prisons Service Commission or, as the case may be, the Inspectorate of Prisons may— (i) prescribe any regulations it considers appropriate in relation to the manner and form of reports that the person or authority exercising that power shall make; and (ii) shall prescribe such restrictions as may be required to ensure the proper exercise of powers delegated under this section.