Cap. 516 чл. 11Parole eligibility date. Cap. 9.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the parole eligibility date of a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of one year and not exceeding two years shall be calculated at thirty-three per cent of his term of imprisonment.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the parole eligibility date of a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of more than two years and not exceeding seven years of imprisonment shall be calculated at fifty per cent of his term of imprisonment.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the parole eligibility date of a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of more than seven years of imprisonment shall be calculated at fifty-eight per cent of his term of imprisonment.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-articles (1), (2) and (3), the Court may include in its judgment an earlier parole eligibility date in the case of offenders who have not yet attained the age of sixteen years at the time of the commission of the offence, or the Court may, taking into consideration the particular circumstances of the case, deem it to be justifiable that a different date be established in order for the offender to reform himself better.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (1), the parole eligibility date of a person sentenced to more than one sentence of imprisonment, following the coming into force of this Act, shall be calculated at fifty per cent of his total term of imprisonment.

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-articles (1), (2), (3) and (4) in cases of breach of prison regulations, the parole eligibility date may be pushed back accordingly as a disciplinary measure taken by the Remission Board.

(7) The computation of the terms referred to in sub-articles (1),

(2) and (3) shall be made in accordance with article 22 of the Criminal Code.

(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-articles (1) to (5), prisoners eligible for parole may, on the grounds of terminal illness, apply to the Parole Board to be considered for parole before reaching the parole eligibility date: Provided that the Parole Board shall first acquire the prisoner’s authorisation in writing to interview the medical specialist responsible for the prisoner’s care, regarding the prisoner’s health condition before the Parole Board may take a decision to grant parole to the prisoner.

(9) The parole eligibility date shall be calculated exclusively on the basis of the prison term or aggregate of prison terms of any relevant court sentences.

(10) The payment or otherwise of court fines shall be taken into consideration by the Offender Assessment Board, the Parole Board and the Remission Board in their deliberations.