Read the full judgment text of HCAL 68/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 November 1999.
1. The Applicant was and still is a Prison Officer in the employ of the Correctional Services Department ("the Department"). He is in the rank of a Principal Officer. He was charged and found guilty of an offence under Rule 239(1)(h)(i) of the Prison Rules ("the Rules "), Cap.234, namely "without proper authority communicates with any ex-prisoner or with a relative, or friend of any prisoner or ex-prisoner". The Rules is the subsidiary legislation of the Prisons Ordinance ("the Ordinance "). The