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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter XVI : General

132. Establishment, management and exemption from certain moneys of canteens at prisons

 

(1) The Commissioner may approve the establishment of canteens for the exclusive use or benefit of correctional officials, the families of such officials and other persons or categories of persons prescribed by regulation, to be conducted on such conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed by regulation, which must include conditions as to the liquidation and distribution of assets on the termination of the business of such canteen

 

(2) No licence fees or fee, Ieviable by law, is payable by any person under any law or by-law in respect of any canteen established in terms of subsection (1).

 

(3) The production of an official document bearing the signature of the Minister or of a person authorised by him or her to sign any such document and indicating that he or she has certified the canteen, shall be conclusive proof that it is a canteen as contemplated in subsection (1).

 

(4) For the purposes of this section “canteen" includes—
(a) any mess for officials of the Department or any institution of the Department or any premises temporarily or permanently used for providing recreation, refreshment or necessaries for the exclusive use or benefit of officials of the Department, the families of such officials and other persons or categories of persons prescribed by regulation;
(b) any canteen which before the date of commencement of this Act was certified by the Minister or any person authorised by him or her as contemplated in subsection (3), shall be deemed to be a canteen established on the conditions and in the manner referred to in subsection (1).