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PRISONERS (RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION) BILL 1987

A BILL

:

To

Provide for the release of prisoners under supervision on the recommenda-

tion of an advisory board; and for connected purposes.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART I

Short title and

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Prisoners (Release under commencement. Supervision) Ordinance 1987.

Interpretation.

(Cap. 234.)

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Board" means the Release under Supervision Board established under

section 3;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Correctional Services;

"hostel" means a building or portion of a building set aside as a hostel

under section 24B of the Prisons Ordinance;

"prisoner" includes a person who has been released from imprisonment

under this Ordinance;

"supervision order" means a supervision order made by order of the

Governor under section 7(1) or (2).