Singapore legislation
Clause 18
Clause 18
Amendment of section 84
Section 84(2) of the Prisons Act is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (i), the following paragraphs:“(j)the early discharge of prisoners who become entitled to release on a date which falls on a Sunday or public holiday;
(ja)the release of prisoners on remission orders or on external placement orders and the due administration of such orders;
(jb)the classification of breaches of the mandatory aftercare conditions of remission orders to be serious breaches and minor breaches;”; and
(b)
by deleting the words “advisory committees” in paragraph (ka) and substituting the words “committees, however named, of an advisory nature,”.