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PRISONERS (RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION) BILL 1987
C519
3. There shall be a Release under Supervision Board which shall Establishment consist of not less than 5 members appointed by the Governor, and the members so appointed shall include
of the Release
under Supervision
(a) a person who holds or has held judicial office, who shall be the Board.
chairman;
(b) a medical practitioner appearing to the Governor to have ex-
perience in psychiatry, and
(c) persons appearing to the Governor to have experience of, or an
active interest in, the rehabilitation of offenders.
4.
The Board shall consider-
(a) applications under section 6;
(b) the conditions to be specified by the Governor, and the variation
or cancellation of those conditions, under section 7(3);
(c) applications for review under sections 12(1) and 16(1);
(d) revocations that are proposed to be made under section 14(1); and (e) revocations that have been made under section 14(3),
and shall make such recommendations to the Governor as it thinks fit in respect of those matters and of any other matters that it considers under this Ordinance.
5.
Functions of the Board.
The Board shall not consider an application by a prisoner under Limitation on section 6 within 1 year after the date-
the powers of
(a) of the refusal of an application made by him under that section; (b) of the revocation under section 14(1) or (3) of a supervision order
made in respect of him; or
(c) on which under section 14(2) a supervision order made in respect
of him ceases to have effect.
the Board.
PART II
RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION
6.
Not earlier than 6 months before a prisoner is eligible for release under section 7(1) or (2), he may apply in writing to the Governor through the Board for an order for his release under that section subject to super- vision.
Application for release under a supervision
order.
7. (1) The Governor may, if the Board so recommends, order that a Release under prisoner who--
supervision.
(a) is serving a sentence of imprisonment of 3 years or more (other
than imprisonment for life); and
(b) has served not less than one-half or 20 months of that sentence
(whichever is the greater),
be released from that imprisonment and be subject to supervision under this Ordinance.
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