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S-4.01 - Act respecting correctional services
Section 18
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18. Any person imprisoned in a house of detention following conviction for an infringement of a law or a regulation shall be entitled to a remission of punishment equal to one-third of his term of imprisonment; such remission of punishment shall be computed on the basis of one day out of two days of imprisonment during which he complies with the regulations and directives.
A first remission of punishment shall be granted not later than at the end of the month following the month during which such person was admitted to the establishment; subsequently, remission of punishment shall be granted not later than every three months.
If that person does not comply with the regulations and directives, the committee on discipline established in the manner provided for by regulation may grant him no remission of punishment, or only part of the remission.
Moreover, that committee may deprive a person of a remission of punishment which he has to his credit. In that case, if the remission so denied exceeds fifteen days, the committee shall obtain the previous approval of the Director General.
18. Any person imprisoned in a house of detention following conviction for an infringement of a law or a regulation shall be entitled to a remission of punishment equal to one-third of his term of imprisonment; such remission of punishment shall be computed on the basis of one day out of two days of imprisonment during which he complies with the regulations and directives.
A first remission of punishment shall be granted not later than at the end of the month following the month during which such person was admitted to the establishment; subsequently, remission of punishment shall be granted not later than every three months.
If that person does not comply with the regulations and directives, the warden may, to the extent provided for by regulation, grant him no remission of punishment, or only part of the remission.
18. Any person imprisoned in a house of detention following conviction for an infringement of a law of Québec or of a municipal by-law shall be entitled to a remission of punishment equal to one-quarter of the period for which he has been sentenced or for which he has been imprisoned provided that he complies during his detention with the regulations and directives applicable to him.
