(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the National Redemption Council acting in accordance with the advice of the Prisons Service Board shall have disciplinary powers over all prison officers.

(2) The National Redemption Council may delegate its disciplinary powers as respects all or any posts or ranks of prison officers to the Prisons Service Board or to any committee thereof or to any member thereof.

(3) Where the National Redemption Council delegates powers under subsection (2) of this section to the Director of Prisons, the Council may authorise the Director of Prisons to exercise all or any of the said powers through a disciplinary board or superior prison officer authorised by the Director of Prisons for that purpose in writing.

(4) Any person or body in whom disciplinary powers under this Decree are for the time being vested, and any disciplinary board or superior prison officer duly authorised under subsection (3), shall be a disciplinary authority for the purposes of this Decree.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a disciplinary board or superior prison officer other than the Director of Prisons shall not have power to impose a major penalty; and where such disciplinary board or superior prison officer being a disciplinary authority forms the view that a major penalty should be imposed in any case, he shall send the findings and other relevant documents to the Director of Prisons who shall thereupon impose such penalty as he thinks fit.