'Early release - national proceedings' in document 'Timor-Leste - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE IV
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME

CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 64. Execution of penalties or imprisonment measures

1. A perpetrator convicted and sentenced to effective imprisonment or subject to an internment measure may be granted parole or probation.

2. Except where otherwise provided, once the convict has served five-sixths of the imposed sentence, the same must be released on parole.

3. Except as described in the previous subarticle, parole cannot be granted without consent of the convict.

4. Specific legislation shall establish the pre-requisites and conditions for granting parole, as well as the rights and duties of inmates and pre-requisites and conditions under which an effective prison sentence may be served at large.