Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013
Functions of Prisons and Correctional Service Commission
- Jurisdiction
- Zimbabwe
- Provision
- 231
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source231 Functions of Prisons and Correctional Service Commission
(1) The Prisons and Correctional Service Commission has the following
functions —
(a) toemploy qualified and competent persons to hold posts or ranks in the
Prisons and Correctional Service;
(b) to fix and regulate conditions of service, including salaries, allowances
and other benefits, of members of the Prisons and Correctional Service;
(c) to ensure the general well-being and good administration of the Prisons
and Correctional Service and its maintenance ina high state of efficiency;
(d) to ensure that members of the Prisons and Correctional Service comply
with section 208;
(e) to foster harmony and understanding between the Prisons and Correctional
Service and civilians;
(f) to advise the President and the Minister on any matter relating to the
Prisons and Correctional Service; and
(g) to exercise any other function conferred or imposed on the Commission
by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament.
(2) The Prisons and Correctional Service Commission, with the approval of the
Minister responsible for the Prisons and Correctional Service, may make regulations
for any of the purposes set out in subsection (1).
(3) In fixing the salaries, allowances and other benefits of members of the
Prisons and Correctional Service, the Prisons and Correctional Service Commission
; must act with the approval of the President given on the recommendation of the Minister
responsible for finance and after consultation with the Minister responsible for the
Prisons and Correctional Service.
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