Division 3 — Remission orders for prisoners
sentenced to life imprisonment
Application
50O.  This Division applies to all of the following prisoners:
(a)a prisoner who is sentenced to life imprisonment, for an offence committed on or after 21 August 1997, whether or not he or she is also sentenced to one or more terms of imprisonment;
(b)a prisoner whose sentence of death for an offence committed on or after 21 August 1997 is, or has been, commuted to life imprisonment under section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 or section 238 of the repealed Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 1985 Revised Edition);
(c)a prisoner who is sentenced to be detained during the President’s pleasure under section 213 of the repealed Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 1985 Revised Edition).
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Review of sentences of life imprisonment, etc.
50P.—(1)  Subject to subsection (2), where a prisoner to whom this Division applies has served 20 years of his or her sentence, the Minister must review the prisoner’s case and may, in the Minister’s discretion, direct the Commissioner to make a remission order in respect of the prisoner.
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(2)  Where the Minister has refused to direct the Commissioner to make a remission order in respect of a prisoner under subsection (1), the Minister must, unless the prisoner is earlier released from imprisonment, review the Minister’s decision at intervals not exceeding 12 months each and may, in the Minister’s discretion, direct the Commissioner to make a remission order in respect of the prisoner.
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Effect of section 50P remission order
50Q.  When a remission order is made under section 50P in respect of a prisoner to whom this Division applies —
(a)any default sentence to which the prisoner was sentenced is remitted;
(b)the sentence of life imprisonment and any other sentence of imprisonment imposed on the prisoner is suspended; and
(c)the sentences mentioned in paragraph (b) are remitted when the remission order expires.
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Duration of section 50P remission order
50R.  A remission order made under section 50P —
(a)has effect for a period starting on the date of the remission order and ending at the end of the natural life of the person in respect of whom the remission order is made; and
(b)expires at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (a).
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