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Petition to President against conviction or sentence

Prisons Regulations

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—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a petition by a prisoner to the President, regarding a prisoner’s conviction or sentence for an offence.(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Superintendent of a prison must ensure that a prisoner in the prison is allowed to make a petition to the President at the following times:(a)when the proceedings relating to the offence in question have concluded;(b)if the prisoner has previously made a petition to the President regarding the same conviction or sentence (called in this regulation the previous petition) — at any time on or after the period of one year after the date that the prisoner is notified of the President’s decision regarding the previous petition;(c)if the Superintendent considers that there are special circumstances justifying the making of the petition — at any time.(3) The Superintendent of a prison must not allow a prisoner to make a petition to the President if the prisoner’s previous petition is still pending the President’s decision.(4) To avoid doubt, paragraphs (2) and (3) do not prevent a prisoner from making more than one petition to the President at any time if each petition relates to a different offence.

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