Hong Kong Regulations

POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION OF PRISONERS REGULATION - SECT 3

Meetings of the Board

(1) The Board shall meet as often as is necessary, and at such times and
places as the Chairman may appoint, for the purpose of considering the cases
of prisoners to whom the Ordinance applies or any matter under Part III of the
Ordinance.

(2) At any meeting of the Board 5 members, 2 of whom are the representatives
of the Commissioner of Correctional Services and the Commissioner of Police
respectively, shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum.

(3) The Chairman shall preside at any meeting of the Board at which he is
present, and if at any meeting of the Board the Chairman is not present-

   (a)  if the Deputy Chairman is present, he shall preside;

   (b)  in any other case, the members present shall elect from among
        themselves a member, not being the representative of the Commissioner
        of Correctional Services or the Commissioner of Police, to preside.

(4) Any question for consideration by the Board shall be decided by a majority
of the members present at a meeting, and in the case of an equality of votes
the Chairman shall have a casting as well as deliberative vote. (Enacted 1996)