CAP. 90 Prisons [Rev. 2012] (2) Any prison officer who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be liable to be dismissed from the Service and to forfeit all rights to any pension or gratuity. (3) If any question arises as to whether a body is a trade union, or association to which this section applies, the question shall be decided by the Minister, whose decision shall be final and conclusive. 21. Prison officers not to engage in dealings with prisoners (1) No prison officer shall receive any fee, favour or gratuity from or have any business dealing with any prisoner, or with any discharged prisoner, or with any visitor to a prison, or with any friend of any such visitor. (2) No prison officer shall correspond with or have any dealing with any friend or relative of any prisoner, unless expressly authorized so to do by the officer in charge. (3) No prison officer unless so authorized by the Commissioner shall give any certificate or testimonial to, or in respect of, any prisoner as regards his conduct in prison or otherwise. (4) No prison officer shall, save in accordance with the orders or directions issued by the Commissioner, convey any communication or article to or from any prisoner. (5) Any prison officer who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 22. Search of prison officers (1) A prison officer may at any time be searched on the orders of a prison officer senior in rank to him. (2) The officer in charge may at any time order the quarters occupied by a prison officer to be searched by a prison officer senior in rank to such officer. 23. Powers of officers holding disciplinary inquiries (1) Every prison officer inquiring into a disciplinary offence alleged to have been committed by a prison officer shall have power to summon and examine witnesses on oath or affirmation and to require the production of all documents relevant to such inquiry and to adjourn any hearing from time to time. (2) Any person summoned as a witness under subsection (1) of this section who fails to attend at the time and place mentioned in the summons or on adjournment, or refuses to answer any question lawfully put to him shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month: Provided that no witness shall be obliged to answer any question which may tend to incriminate him or render him liable to any forfeiture or penalty. (3) Any prison officer inquiring into a disciplinary offence under this section may order payment on the part of Government of the reasonable expenses of any witness attending before him as though such witness were attending a [Issue 1] P30 - 13