Composition of the Parole Board

(1) There shall be established for the purposes of these Rules a body to be known as the Parole Board which shall consist of nine persons to be appointed by the Minister as follows– (a) the Chief Executive Officer to the Ministry responsible for prisons, ex-officio, who shall be the Chairman; (b) a person who holds or has held a judicial office; (c) a registered medical practitioner, preferably a psychiatrist; (d) a representative of the Ministry responsible for human resources; (e) the Director, ex-officio; (f) two 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; and (g) two other persons nominated by Kolbe Foundation administering Belize Central (2) The Board shall appoint a prison officer to be Secretary to the Board.