CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT.
Act No. 36, 1950.
An Act to provide for the constitution of a Parole Board and for the exercise of cer tain functions by that Board; to amend the Crimes Act, 1900, and certain other Acts in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 16th November, 1950.]
T>E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legis
lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New SouthWales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows :—
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Crimes (Amend ment) Act, 1950."
(2) This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
2. The Crimes Act, 1900, as amended by subsequent Acts, is amended by inserting next after section four hundred and sixty-four the following new section:—
464A. (1) (a) There shall be constituted a board
to be called the Parole Board (in this section referred
to as the " b o a r d " ) .
(c) One of the members of the board, being a District Court judge or a retired District Court judge shall, in and by the instrument of his appointment, be appointed President of the board. (d)
(b) The board shall consist of four
members who shall be appointed by the Governor.
Of the members so appointed, one shall be a District Court judge or a retired District Court judge and one shall be a legally qualified medical practitioner having special qualifications in psychiatry.
(d) A member of the board shall, subject to this subsection, hold office for a period of five years from the date of his appointment, and shall be eligible for re-appointment from time to time upon the expiration of his term of office.
(e) A member of the board shall be
deemed to have vacated his office if he—
(i) is absent from three consecutive ordinary meetings of the board except upon leave granted by the Governor;
(ii) resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor;
(iii) dies; or
(iv) is removed from office by the Governor.
(f) The members of the board shall be paid such fees and allowances as the Governor may direct:
Provided that no such fees or allowances shall be payable to any member who, for the time being, holds office as a District Court judge.
(g) A member of the board who is an officer within the meaning of the Public Service Act, 1902, as amended by subsequent Acts, shall, notwith standing anything contained in that Act or in any other Act or in any regulations made under any Act, be entitled to receive fees and allowances under this subsection for his own use and benefit in addition to any remuneration to which he is otherwise entitled.
(h) Service as a member of the board
shall not be deemed to be employment in the…