Hong Kong Ordinances

LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES REVIEW ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Board may revoke conditional release order in certain circumstances

(1) The Board may make an order revoking a conditional release  order relating
to a prisoner on being satisfied (on a balance of probabilities) that the
prisoner has failed to comply with a condition of the order. This subsection
is subject to section 13 of Schedule 1.

(2) An order revoking a conditional release order takes effect when it is
served on the prisoner concerned.

(3) A conditional release order relating to a prisoner is revoked if the
prisoner is convicted of an offence and-

   (a)  is sentenced to a term of imprisonment (other than a sentence that is
        suspended) longer than the unexpired part of the conditional 
        release order; or

   (b)  is ordered to be detained in an addiction treatment centre; or

   (c)  is subject to a probation order made under section 3 of the
        Probation of Offenders Ordinance ( Cap 298).

(4) Whenever a conditional release order relating to a prisoner is revoked by
or under this section, the President must inform the Commissioner by notice in
writing. In that event, the Commissioner must immediately recall the prisoner
to prison to continue serving the sentence to which the order related.