|
|
Governor, &c. of any Prison may be removed by Board of Superintendence.
|
XXII. Every Governor, Local Inspector, Chaplain, Medical Officer, and every Officer, Male or Female, of any Prison, whether Gaol, Bridewell, or House of Correction, shall be removable, and may be from Time to Time, as Occasion may require, removed by the Board of Superintendence of the Prison to which they belong: Provided always, that in case the Inspectors General of Prisons, or One of them, shall, by Writing, under their or his Hand, certify to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland any Misconduct or Incapacity on the Part of any Governor, Local Inspector, Chaplain, Medical Officer, or any other Officer, Male or Female, for or of any One such County or joint Prison, or his or her Unfitness to discharge and fulfil the Duties of his or her Office, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by Writing under the Hand of the Chief or Under Secretary for Ireland, to direct the Board of Superintendence having Authority in that Behalf to hold an Inquiry into and investigate on Oath the Case of the Officer so charged with Incapacity, Misconduct, or Unfitness, and the said Inspectors General, or One of them, may be present and take Part in such Investigation and Inquiry; and the said Board of Superintendence shall report to the Lord Lieutenant their Opinion on the said Matter, and shall forward to the Lord Lieutenant a Copy of the Evidence taken by them; and it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, after he has received the said Report and Evidence, by Writing under the Hand of the Chief and Under Secretary for Ireland, to direct the said Board of Superintendence to remove or dismiss any Governor, Local Inspector, Chaplain, or Medical Officer, or any other Officer, Male or Female, whose Misconduct, Incapacity, or Unfitness shall have been made the Subject of the aforesaid Investigation or Inquiry; and if the said Board of Superintendence shall refuse to dismiss such Officer, when required so to do as aforesaid by the Lord Lieutenant, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by Writing under the Hand of the Chief or Under Secretary, to remove or dismiss such Officer; and in every Case of such Removal of any such Officer the Lord Lieutenant shall cause Notice to be given to the Board of Superintendence having Authority in that Behalf, requiring them to appoint another Person in the Room of the Officer so removed, and the said Board of Superintendence shall thereupon proceed to make such Appointment at a Meeting to be duly convened for that Purpose within One Month from the Receipt of such Notice: Provided always, that nothing in this Section contained shall extend or apply to the Richmond Bridewell in Dublin, or to the Grange Gorman Female Penitentiary in Dublin, or interfere with or affect the Powers of the Persons now entitled thereto to dismiss the Officers of the said Bridewell and Penitentiary respectively.
|
