Section 11: Amendment of probation order

11. Amendment of probation order (1) (a) Subject to this section where, on the application of a probationer or of the probation officer responsible for his supervision, the Court which made the probation order is satisfied that the probation order should be amended, the Court may, by order, amend the probation order accordingly. (b) No order shall be made under this section reducing the period of duration of the probation order to less than one year, or extending that period beyond 3 years from the date of the probation order. (2) An order under subsection (1) may require a probationer to reside in an institution for any period not extending beyond 12 months from the date P38 – 7 [Issue 3] Probation of Offenders Act of that order where the total period or the aggregate of the periods for which he is required to reside in an institution under the probation order does not exceed 12 months. (3) — (4) (a) An order under this section cancelling a condition or requirement of a probation order may be made without summoning the probationer. (b) No other order under this section shall be made except on the application or in the presence of the probationer. (5) Where an order is made under this section for the amendment of a probation order requiring a probationer to reside in an institution, the Court shall forthwith give notice of the terms of the order to the Minister. [S. 11 amended by s. 10 of Act 11 of 2009 w.e.f. 1 October 2010.]