L-1.1 - Act to promote the parole of inmates

Section 19.3 Disposition versions

1998-06-17

19.3. Notwithstanding sections 19, 19.1 and 19.2, parole may be granted to an inmate

(a)  who is terminally ill;

(b)  whose physical or mental health is likely to suffer serious damage if the inmate continues to be held in confinement;

(c)  for whom continued confinement would constitute an excessive hardship that was not reasonably foreseeable at the time the inmate was sentenced; or

(d)  who is the subject of an order to be surrendered under the Extradition Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter E-23) or the Fugitive Offenders Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter F-32) and to be detained until surrendered.

1998, c. 27, s. 7.