Hong Kong Ordinances

LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW ORDINANCE - SECT 21

Board may recommend determinate sentence in respect of prisoner

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 15 of 1999 s. 3

(1) At any time while a conditional release order is in force in respect of a
prisoner, the Board may, if satisfied that the conditions subject to which the
prisoner was released have been complied with up to that time, make a
recommendation to the Chief Executive that the prisoner's
indeterminate sentence should be converted to a determinate one.

(2) If-

   (a)  the Chief Executive has, on a recommendation under subsection

(1), converted a prisoner's indeterminate sentence to a determinate one; and

   (b)  the Board is satisfied that the prisoner has, during the period of the
        prisoner's conditional release, complied with the conditions of the
        release, the determinate sentence takes effect at the end of that
        period. (Amended 15 of 1999 s. 3)