PART 10 SECURITY AND CONTROL

96 Unauthorised property
1 No prisoner shall have in his or her possession, or conceal or deposit anywhere within a prison, any property which he or she has not been authorised to possess or keep in terms of these Rules or by any officer.
2 No prisoner shall have in his or her possession any property in a part of the prison which he or she has been authorised to possess only in some other part of the prison.
3 Subject to paragraph (4), no person shall–
(a) convey or throw into, or conceal or deposit in, a prison;
(b) convey to a prisoner, whether inside or outside a prison; or
(c) conceal or deposit in any place with a view to its coming into the possession of a prisoner,
any article whatsoever.
4 Paragraph (3) does not apply to any property which–
(a) the Governor has authorised a person–
(i) to convey into, or deposit in, the prison; or
(ii) to convey to a prisoner whether inside or outside a prison; or
(b) consists of a letter or package addressed to a prisoner and sent to the prison by means of the postal service or otherwise.
5 The Governor may seize and detain–
(a) any property which a prisoner is not authorised to possess or keep in accordance with these Rules or by any officer and which is found in the possession of a prisoner, or concealed or deposited anywhere in the prison; or
(b) any article or property conveyed or thrown into, or concealed or deposited in, prison in contravention of paragraph (3).
6 No prisoner (other than untried and civil prisoners) shall be allowed to have any tobacco in his or her possession except as a privilege granted by virtue of rule 49 and provided that the prisoner is at least 16 years old.