Hong Kong Ordinances

LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Duties of Commissioner where prisoner to be conditionally released

(1) On being served with a conditional release order in relation to a
prisoner, the Commissioner must endorse on the order-

   (a)  the date on which the prisoner is to be released; and

   (b)  the date on which the order is to cease to have effect

(calculated by reference to the terms of the order); and

   (c)  particulars sufficient to identify the person whom the Commissioner
        has designated to be the prisoner's supervising officer.

(2) The Commissioner must then serve a copy of the order on the prisoner and,
except in circumstances beyond the Commissioner's control, arrange for the
prisoner to be released from custody on the release date endorsed on the
order.

(3) If any of the information that the Commissioner has endorsed on the order
is different from the particulars specified in the order, the Commissioner
must inform the Board of the differences by notice in writing.

(4) A prisoner is taken to be serving the sentence imposed on the prisoner
while released under a conditional release order.

(5) The Commissioner may, as and when the occasion requires, amend the
endorsement made under subsection (1) by substituting for the identifying
particulars of the supervising officer specified in the endorsement
identifying particulars of another person whom the Commissioner has designated
to be the supervising officer of the prisoner.