قرار رقم (23) لسنة 1998

Decision No. 23 of 1998

The Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation,

The President of the Palestinian National Authority,

Based upon the powers bestowed upon me,

Having reviewed the Correction and Rehabilitation Centres ('Prisons') Law No. 6 of 1998, and

In accomplishment of the public interest,

I hereby promulgate the following decision:

Article 1

The Directorate-General of the Correction and Rehabilitation Centres shall be a Department of the Police.

Article 2

The Director of the Police shall be vested with all of the powers delegated to the Minister pursuant to the law.

Article 3

This decision shall enter into force as of its date.

Issued in the city of Gaza on 3 June, 1998.

Yasser Arafat

Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation

President of the Palestinian National Authorit