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Prison Act 1952

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7Prison officers

(1)Every prison shall have a governor, a chaplain and a medical officer and such other officers as may be necessary.

(2)Every prison in which women are received shall have a sufficient number of women officers; and if women only are received in a prison the governor shall be a woman.

(3)A prison which in the opinion of the Secretary of State is large enough to require it may have a deputy governor or an assistant chaplain or both.

(4)The chaplain and any assistant chaplain shall be a clergyman of the Church of England and the medical officer shall be duly-registered under the Medical Acts.

(5)Governors, chaplains and medical officers shall be appointed by the Secretary of State and other officers by the Prison Commissioners.

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