Section 51: Release on parole

51. Release on parole (1) There shall be a Parole Board which shall be composed of such persons, not exceeding 10 in number, as the Minister may appoint. (2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Parole Board— (a) release on parole a convicted detainee who has served not less than one half of his sentence or at least 16 months thereof, whichever expires the later; (b) recall a detainee released on parole where— (i) the detainee has not complied with a condition of parole; or (ii) revocation of parole appears to the Parole Board to be in the interest of the detainee. (3) Where a detainee released on parole is recalled under subsection (2) and he voluntarily returns to an institution, he may be detained for the remainder of the parole period. (4) Every detainee released on parole, who upon being recalled under subsection (2), fails to return to an institution, may be arrested without warrant and shall be detained for the remainder of the parole period, unless he satisfies the Parole Board that his failure to return was due to good cause or sufficient justification. (5) The supervision of detainees released on parole shall be vested in the Probation Service.