Amendment of rule 98 of the principal Rules
25. Rule 98 of the principal Rules (adjudication of charges) is amended by the insertion after paragraph (4) of the following paragraph:—
“(5) It shall be a defence for a prisoner charged with a breach of discipline contrary to paragraph (x) of Schedule 3 to show that—
(a)the controlled drug had been, prior to its administration, lawfully in his possession for his use or was administered to him in the course of a lawful supply of the drug to him by another person;
(b)the controlled drug was administered by or to him in circumstances in which he did not know and had no reason to suspect that such a drug was being administered; or
(c)the controlled drug was administered by or to him under duress or to him without his consent in circumstances where it was not reasonable for him to have resisted.”.