Singapore legislation
Regulation 70
Regulation 70
Referral to Life Imprisonment Review Board
Subregulation 1
There is to be a Life Imprisonment Review Board for one or more prisons, or more than one Life Imprisonment Review Board for one prison.
Subregulation 2
Before the date on which the Minister must review (or further review) a prisoner’s case under section 50P of the Act, the Commissioner must refer the prisoner’s case to a Life Imprisonment Review Board for the prison where the prisoner is in.
Subregulation 3
If a prisoner’s case is referred to a Life Imprisonment Review Board under paragraph (2), the Board must, before the date on which the Minister must review (or further review) the prisoner’s case under section 50P of the Act —
consider whether the Minister should direct the Commissioner to make a remission order in respect of the prisoner; and
make a recommendation to the Minister in that regard and on any other matter relating to the remission order.