[Rev. 2012] Prisons CAP. 90 “justice of the peace”deleted by Act No. 10 of 1983, Sch.; “medical officer” means the medical officer appointed by the Director of Medical Services or other proper officer of the Ministry responsible for Health to be the medical officer of a prison, or, if no medical officer has been so appointed, means the medical officer of the district in which the prison is situated, or in his absence any medical officer; “minor prison offence” means an offence declared to be such by rules made under this Act; “officer in charge” means a prison officer or an administrative officer appointed by the Commissioner to be in charge of any prison; “prison” means a prison established or deemed to have been established under section 24 of this Act; “prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison; “prison officer” means any member of the Kenya Prisons Service of whatever rank; “probation officer” has the meaning assigned to that expression in the Probation of Offenders Act (Cap. 64); “prohibited article” means an article the introduction or removal of which into or out of a prison is prohibited by this Act or by any rules made thereunder; “senior prison officer” means a prison officer of or above such rank as the Minister may specify under section 3(2) of this Act; “Service” means the Kenya Prisons Service established by the Prisons Act, 1948 (Cap. 78) (now repealed); “subordinate prison officer” means a prison officer of or below such rank as the Minister may specify under section 3(2) of this Act; “unconvicted person” means a debtor, and any person on remand or awaiting trial, or detained for safe custody or for want of sureties, who has not been convicted by any court; “visiting justice” means a person appointed to be a visiting justice under section 72(1) of this Act; “youth corrective training centre” means a youth corrective training centre established under section 66 of this Act. [Act No. 25 of 1971, Sch., Act No. 10 of 1983, Sch.] PART II – CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION 3. Composition of Service (1) The Kenya Prisons Service shall consist of the members of the Service appointed under this Act and the Prisons Act, 1948 (Cap. 78) (now repealed). (2) The Service shall consist of such ranks of senior and subordinate prison officers as the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, specify, and prison officers shall have seniority as so specified. P30 - 8 [Issue 1]