S-40.1 - Act respecting the Québec correctional system

Section 119 Disposition versions

2022-03-18

119. The parole board shall make the decisions concerning temporary absences in preparation for conditional release, temporary absences for family visit and the conditional release of inmates serving a sentence of six months or more in a correctional facility. As a condition that may be attached to any of those measures, the parole board may, in particular, require that such a person be connected to a device that allows the person’s whereabouts to be known for public security reasons, such as an anti-approach bracelet to increase the safety of a person who is a victim.

In particular, the parole board shall

(1)  facilitate the reintegration of offenders into the community having regard to the decisions of the courts and the protection of society;

(2)  consider all necessary and available information that pertains to the offenders before making a decision; and

(3)  establish policies that are consistent with those established by the Minister, transmit the policies to the Minister and see that they are disseminated.

2002, c. 24, s. 119; 2022, c. 4, s. 3.

2007-06-04

119. The parole board shall make the decisions concerning temporary absences in preparation for conditional release, temporary absences for family visit and the conditional release of inmates serving a sentence of six months or more in a correctional facility.

In particular, the parole board shall

(1)  facilitate the reintegration of offenders into the community having regard to the decisions of the courts and the protection of society;

(2)  consider all necessary and available information that pertains to the offenders before making a decision; and

(3)  establish policies that are consistent with those established by the Minister, transmit the policies to the Minister and see that they are disseminated.

2002, c. 24, s. 119.

2007-02-05

119. The parole board shall make the decisions concerning temporary absences in preparation for conditional release, temporary absences for family visit and the conditional release of inmates serving a sentence of six months or more in a correctional facility.

In particular, the parole board shall

(1)  facilitate the reintegration of offenders into the community having regard to the decisions of the courts and the protection of society;

(2)  consider all necessary and available information that pertains to the offenders before making a decision; and

(3)  establish policies that are consistent with those established by the Minister, transmit the policies to the Minister and see that they are disseminated.

2002, c. 24, s. 119.

This section will come into force on 4 June 2007 to the extent that it deals with a temporary absence for a family visit. 2002, c. 24, s. 211; Order in Council 329-2006 dated 26 April 2006, (2006) 138 G.O. 2, 1433.