[Rev. 2012] (d) Prisons CAP. 90 reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement, of promotion in stage, or forfeiture of all or part of earnings, or removal from any earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed. 52. Punishment of prisoners by the Commissioner (1) The Commissioner may punish any prisoner, found after due inquiry by him to be guilty of a prison offence. (2) An officer in charge on finding a prisoner guilty of an aggravated prison offence may, if he is of the opinion that in the circumstances of the case or because of the prisoner’s character the powers of punishment he possesses are inadequate, transfer the case to the Commissioner for punishment. (3) An officer in charge, if he transfers a case to the Commissioner under subsection (2) of this section, shall forward to the Commissioner— (a) a copy of the charge; (b) the record of all the evidence he has taken, including the evidence of the prisoner; (c) the reasons why he has found the prisoner guilty; and (d) any representations the prisoner wishes to make to the Commissioner in regard to punishment. (4) The Commissioner on receipt of a record forwarded to him under subsection (3) of this section may— (a) punish the prisoner; or (b) reverse the findings of the officer in charge and find the prisoner not guilty; or (c) require the officer in charge to take further evidence and submit it to him prior to his making a decision. (5) The Commissioner may award a prisoner one or more of the following punishments— (a) corporal punishment not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed; (b) confinement in a separate cell on the prescribed diet for such period as may be prescribed; (c) forfeiture of remission not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed; (d) reduction in stage, or forfeiture of privileges, or postponement of promotion in stage, or forfeiture of all or part of earnings, or removal from any earnings scheme, or reduction in earnings grade, for such period as may be prescribed. (6) In this section and in section 51 of this Act the expressions, “reduction in stage” and “postponement of promotion in stage” mean the removal of a prisoner to a lower stage and the postponement of promotion to a higher stage, respectively, in the prescribed progressive stage system. P30 - 24 [Issue 1]