S-40.1 - Act respecting the Québec correctional system

Section 163 Disposition versions

2007-02-05

163. Where an offender’s case is referred to the parole board under section 162, the parole board must examine the case within 10 days after the recommitment of the offender in the case of a suspension for a valid reason invoked by the offender or in the case of a suspension of a temporary absence. The parole board must examine the case within 21 days after the recommitment of the offender in the case of conditional release.

The parole board may

(1)  revoke the offender’s temporary absence or conditional release and order that the offender be committed to custody;

(2)  order the termination of the temporary absence or conditional release if the suspension was for a valid reason invoked by the offender and order that the offender be committed to custody; or

(3)  cancel the suspension and release the offender on the conditions it determines.

2002, c. 24, s. 163.