17[F1 Painful tests.]E+W
The medical officer of a prison shall not apply any painful tests to a prisoner for the purpose of detecting malingering or for any other purpose except with the permission of [F2the Secretary of State]or the visiting committee or, as the case may be, board of visitors.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 16A and sidenote inserted (9.1.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 151(1); S.I. 1994/3192, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words substituted by S.I. 1963/597, Sch. 1