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Internal Security Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · General Provisions Relating to Internal Security

13. Review

(1)

Every order or direction made or given by the Minister under section 8 or 10 (including any order extended by direction of the President under section 8(2)) shall, so long as it remains in force, be reviewed by an advisory board at intervals of not more than 12 months, and the first of such reviews shall take place —

(a)

in the case of a person who is detained in a place of detention, not more than 12 months from the date on which his representations against the order were considered by an advisory board under section 12(1) or, where no such representations have been made, not more than 15 months from the date on which that person was detained in pursuance of the order;

(b)

in the case of a person who is not detained in a place of detention, where the order has been made under section 8(1), not more than 12 months from the date on which the order was served upon that person;

(c)

in the case of a person who has been released from a place of detention in pursuance of a direction under section 10, not more than 12 months from the date of his release.

(2)

The advisory board shall on completing every review under subsection (1) forthwith submit to the Minister a written report of every such review, and may make therein such recommendations as it thinks fit.