Article 16 Substitution of rule 28 of the principal Rules

For rule 28 of the principal Rules (duty of medical officer to visit prisoners subject to cellular confinement) there is substituted the following rule:–

“Duty of medical officer to visit prisoners subject to cellular confinement

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Where cellular confinement is imposed on a prisoner in terms of rule 100(1)(d), a medical officer shall visit the prisoner as soon as practicable and no later than 24 hours after the imposition of that confinement and thereafter as he considers is necessary.”.