Cap. 77 Art. 4BRehabilitation Certificates Board.

(1) There shall be a Board to be known as the

Rehabilitation Certificates Board, hereinafter in this article referred to as the "Board", which shall be competent to issue Rehabilitation

Certificates.

(2) The Rehabilitation Certificates Board shall be composed as follows:

(a) a Chairperson appointed by the Minister responsible for correctional services;

(b) the Director of the Corradino Correctional Facility ex officio;

(c) the Director of the Department responsible for probation and parole ex officio:

Provided that the members referred to in paragraphs (b) and

(c) may appoint an officer from the Corradino Correctional Facility and an officer from the Department for Probation and Parole respectively as their representative to act in their stead on the Board.

(3) The Chairperson of the Board shall be appointed for a period of four (4) years which may be renewed for a further period of four (4) years.

(4) The Board shall when in its discretion it considers that the work exigencies so require, have the power to appoint one or more sub-committees to be composed from amongst social workers, co-ordinators of educational programmes and psychologists, who are active in the correctional facility, and representatives of non-governmental organisations active in the field of rehabilitation of persons sentenced to imprisonment.

(5) The Board and its sub-committees shall have the power to hear witnesses and shall be granted access to the documents concerning the applicant held by the correctional facility for the purpose of carrying out their functions:

Provided that the application for a Rehabilitation Certificate shall include the applicant’s explicit consent for the Board to process his personal data for the purpose of issuing a Rehabilitation Certificate.

(6) The Board and its sub-committees shall regulate their own procedure.