Composition of the Parole Board

(1) There is continued a body known as the Parole Board, which for the purposes of this Act is to consist of the following nine persons appointed by the Minister– (a) the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry responsible for prisons, ex-officio, who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Director of Prisons, ex-officio; (c) a person who holds or has held a judicial office; (d) a representative of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; (e) a representative Belize Police Department; (f) a registered medical practitioner, who as far as practicable should be a psychiatrist; (g) a representative of the Ministry responsible for Human Development; and (h) two other persons appearing to the Minister to have knowledge and experience of the supervision or after care of discharged prisoners, or who have made a study of the causes of delinquency or the treatment of offenders. (2) The Board shall appoint a person whom it considers suitable for appointment as such to be Secretary to the Board.