No. 30. Prisons. 1967.

 (d,) assaults, threatens or insults any member of the
 prison staff when such member is on duty or as a
 result of or relating to the duty of such member;
 shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and liable
 on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred
 and forty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
 six months.
 16. When any member of the junior prison, staff is liable Trial of
 to be charged with any offence against this Ordinancje which members of
 is punishable on summary conviction he may, on the direction junior prison
 staff for
 of the Superintendent, instead of being tried before a Magis- offences
 trate be dealt with either as if he had committed an offence against
 against. section 12 of this Ordinance or under subsection (2) Ordinance.
 of section 10 of this Ordinance.

 17. Every member of the prison staff while acting as Members of
 such shall have by virtue of his office and without being sworn prison staff to
 all the powers, authorities, protection and privileges of a have powers of
 police constable for the purposes of his duty as such member Constable.
 of the prison staff.

 18. (1) .Every member of the prison staff may use Use of
 weapons against' any prisoner escaping or attempting to weapons.
 escape: Provided that resort shall not be had to the use ,of
 any such weapons unless such member has reasonable grounds
 to believe that he cannot otherwise prevent the escape.
 (2) Every member of the prison staff may use weapons
 against any prisoner engaged in any combined outbreak, or
 in any attempt to force or break open the outside door gate
 or enclosure wall of the prison, and may continue to use such
 weapons so long as such combined outbreak or, attempt is
 being actually, prosecuted.
 (3) Every, member.of the prison staff may use weapons
 against prisoners using violence to any person if such member
-has reasonable grounds to believe that such 'person is in
danger of life or limb or that other previous harm is likely to
be caused to him.
 (4) Before using firearms against a prisoner under the
 authority contained in subsection (1) of this section the
 member of the prison staff shall, if possible, give a warning to
 the -prisoner that he is about to fire on him.
 (5) No member of the junior prison staff shall, in the pre-
 sence of his superior officer, use firearms of any sort against
 a prisoner in the case of an attempt to escape or of an outbreak
 except under the orders of such superior officer.