BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 15. (1) The minister may authorize an inmate to be absent from a correctional centre with or without escort, subject to any conditions that the minister considers appropriate, if in the minister's opinion the absence is necessary or desirable | ||
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for medical, educational or humanitarian reasons, or | |
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to assist in the rehabilitation of the inmate. | |
| (2) A temporary absence under this section may be authorized for a maximum period of 60 days and may be renewed by the minister for one or more 60 day periods on reassessment of the case. | ||
| (3) Despite subsection (2), a temporary absence for medical reasons may be authorized for an unlimited period. | ||
| (4) Section 20 applies to an inmate for whom an absence is authorized under this section. | ||
| (5) The minister may delegate the minister's powers and duties under this section to the Board of Parole for the Province of British Columbia continued under section 2 of the Parole Act. | ||
| (6) If the minister's powers and duties are delegated to the board under subsection (5), the board may not delegate that power or duty to another person. | ||
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