Composition of the Inspectorate of Prisons

(1) The Inspectorate of Prisons shall consist of the following members— (a) such Justice of Appeal or Judge as shall from time to time be nominated in that behalf by the Judicial Service Commission, who shall be chairman; (b) the Chief Commissioner for Prisons or such person as he or she may nominate in that behalf being a senior member of the Malawi Prisons Service; (c) such member of the Prisons Service Commission, other than the Chief Commissioner for Prisons, or other person nomination under section 168 (1) (e) as shall from time to time be nominated in that behalf by that Commission; (d) such Magistrate as shall from time to time be nominated in that behalf by the Judicial Service Commission; and (e) the Ombudsman. (2) The Inspectorate of Prisons shall have power to co-opt persons as representatives of any local or international organizations having an office in Malawi involved in the monitoring of human rights or more generally concerned with the welfare of offenders as may be approved by the membership of the Inspectorate of Prisons. (3) For the purposes of exercising its powers of nomination under subsection (1) (c), the quorum of the Prisons Service Commission shall consist of the majority of those in office at the time of the nomination. [13 of 2001]