Cap. 516 Art. 43AReasonable accommodation of rehabilitative needs.

(1) Public authorities shall in the exercise of their policy making, regulatory and licensing functions endeavour to facilitate the rehabilitation of persons who have been sentenced to a criminal punishment and to accommodate their rehabilitation needs. In particular, in exercising their discretion as to whether to issue an authorisation for the exercise of an activity by such persons, the public authorities shall duly consider whether instead of denying such authorisation, they may reasonably accommodate the rehabilitation needs by opting in favour of issuing the authorisation subject to such conditions, limitations or other measures as may be authorised by law and as they may consider appropriate to reasonably accommodate the situation of the person with the aim of encouraging rehabilitation into society.

(2) Banks, financial institutions and employers shall in the exercise of their activities endeavour to enable the rehabilitation of persons who have been sentenced to a criminal punishment and to accommodate the rehabilitation needs of such persons. In particular, they shall only subject such persons to exclusions from services or from employment when such exclusions are provided by law or are objectively justifiable in view of the nature of the service or of the employment.