Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
46L. Change of parole district
Feedback & supportAn application may be made by a parole officer in charge of a parolee or a parolee to the Parole Board for a change of the parole district of a parolee.
Officer in Charge
“Officer in Charge” means a prison officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Prison who is in charge of a prison; *NOTE—All references to the Director General of Prison and Deputy Director General of Prison in any written law or in any instrument, deed, title, document, bond, agreement and working arrangement subsisting immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Prison Act (Amendment) 2008, shall, on the date of the coming into operation…
A Parole Board may, upon satisfaction of the grounds of an application to change the parole district of a parolee, allow the
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application subject to such conditions as the Parole Board may impose and issue a notice to that effect.
A copy of the notice under subsection (2) shall be served on—
the Commissioner General;
the Officer in Charge of the prison in which the parolee is serving his sentence of imprisonment immediately before the date of the Parole Order;
the parole officer in charge of the parole district of the parolee immediately before the change of the parole district of such parolee;
the parole officer in charge of the parole district where the parolee is to serve the parole pursuant to the change of parole district; and
the parolee concerned.