Hong Kong Ordinances

LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW ORDINANCE - SECT 16

Power of Chief Executive to make requests and give directions with respect to making of orders by Board

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 15 of 1999 s. 3

(1) The Chief Executive may-

   (a)  request the Board to reconsider any decision taken by the Board in
        respect of a prisoner under this Ordinance; or

   (b)  direct the Board to make a conditional release order or a
        supervision order in respect of a prisoner whose sentence the Chief
        Executive has remitted or has commuted from a sentence of life
        imprisonment to a determinate sentence and whose sentence is being
        reviewed by the Board in accordance with this Ordinance.

(2) In giving a direction under subsection (1)(b), the Chief Executive may
make recommendations as to-

   (a)  conditions of supervision; and

   (b)  the period for which the order is to remain in force.

(3) The Board must consider a request made under subsection (1)(a) and give
effect to a direction made under subsection (1)(b).

(4) If the Board makes an order that is not in accordance with the Chief
Executive's recommendations, the Board must make a report to the Chief
Executive setting out the reasons why it has departed from them. (Amended 15
of 1999 s. 3)