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RELIGIOUS SERVICES


13. (1) The chaplain for a correctional centre shall develop and maintain a program of religious observance and counselling in order that inmates who wish to take part in religious services may do so.
    (2) No inmate shall be required to participate in a religious service against his will.
    (3) On request of an inmate the director may, in consultation with a chaplain, authorize a minister, priest, rabbi or similar religious representative to visit the inmate.
    (4) Requests by an inmate to see a chaplain shall be communicated to a chaplain as soon as practical and, on receipt of a request, a chaplain shall, as soon as practical, arrange for the inmate to be visited.
    (5) A chaplain shall have full access to any part of a correctional centre at any time in the performance of his duties.
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