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Appointments of Prison Officers other than Local Inspector, Chaplain, or Medical Officer, to be probationary in the first instance.
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XIX. The Appointment by any Board of Superintendence under the Provisions of this Act of any Officer of any such Prison, other than the Chaplains or Medical Officer, shall be probationary only, and shall not be or become absolute until the same shall be confirmed at a Meeting of the Board of Superintendence duly summoned and held for that Purpose, not sooner than Three Months after the Meeting at which such probationary Appointment shall have been made: Provided always, that no such Confirmation of the Appointment of any Officer shall be made at such last-mentioned Meeting unless Two Thirds of the Members of such Board shall be present, and the Majority of the Members present shall concur in such Ratification or Confirmation, nor unless the Local Inspector and the Governor of the Prison to which such Officer shall have been appointed shall have certified under their Hands, or, in the Case of the Governor, unless the Local Inspector, or, in the Case of the Local Inspector, unless the Governor, shall have certified under his Hand to the said Board of Superintendence that the Conduct of such Officer since his or her probationary Appointment to the said Gaol has been in all respects correct and proper, and that such Officer is in the Opinion of the said Governor and Local Inspector, or of the said Governor or Local Inspector alone, as the Case may be, a fit, proper, and efficient Person to be appointed to the Office the Duties of which he shall have been discharging in pursuance of his probationary Appointment; and the said Board of Superintendence shall enter such Certificate upon their Minutes, and shall forthwith transmit a Copy of such Certificate to the Inspectors General of Prisons.
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