Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter VII : Release from a Correctional Centre and Placement under Correctional Supervision and on Day Parole and Parole

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1)	Despite any provision to the contrary, the President may-

at any time authorise the placement on correctional supervision or parole of any sentenced offender, subject to such conditions as may be recommended by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board under whose jurisdiction such sentenced offender prisoner may fall or, in the case of a person serving a life sentence, by the Minister; and

b)	remit any part of a sentenced offender’s sentence.

2)	Nothing in this Act affects the power of the President to pardon or reprieve sentenced offenders.