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CAP. 325]
Prisoners (Release under Supervision)
[1987 Ed.
(Cap. 280.)
(Cap. 113.)
Release by the Commissioner and service of supervision order.
Duration of supervision order.
(Cap. 234, sub. leg.)
Requirements of release under supervision.
Absence from the hostel.
a supervision order and may at any time vary or cancel them, and such conditions may include any conditions specified in regulations made under section 20.
(4) A person who is-
(a) sentenced to imprisonment in circumstances in which he is, by virtue of section 5A(1)(a) or (2) of the Training Centres Ordinance, subject to the provisions of that Ordinance on his release from that imprisonment; or
(b) subject to a removal order or a deportation order made
under the Immigration Ordinance,
shall not be eligible to be released under this section.
8. (1) Where the Governor makes an order under section 7(1) or (2) for the release of a prisoner under supervision, the Commissioner shall cause a supervision order to be drawn up in accordance with regulations made under section 20, containing such conditions as are specified by the Governor under section 7(3), and to be served upon the prisoner, and the prisoner shall be released.
(2) Where the Governor varies or cancels the conditions of a supervision order under section 7(3), the Commissioner shall cause written notice of the variation or cancellation to be served personally upon the prisoner.
9. (1) A supervision order shall, unless previously revoked or ceasing to have effect under section 14, remain in effect until the date on which the prisoner in respect of whom it was made would have been released from imprisonment if he had served his sentence of imprisonment-
(a) in the case of a supervision order made under section 7(1),
without remission under the Prison Rules;
(b) in the case of a supervision order made under section 7(2), with any remission for which he is eligible under the Prison Rules.
(2) The date until which a supervision order is to remain in effect in accordance with subsection (1) shall be specified in the order.
10. A prisoner who is released from imprisonment subject to a supervision order shall-
(a) be subject to supervision by such person as shall be
specified by the Commissioner in the order; and
(b) comply with the requirements and conditions of the order.
11. (1) Where a prisoner is residing in a hostel by reason of a supervision order made under section 7(2), the Commissioner may issue a permit in writing permitting him to be absent from that hostel for a period not exceeding 5 days subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit.
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