Marginal note:Inquiries
4.2 (1) On receipt of an application for a pardon for an offence referred to in paragraph 4(a), the Board shall cause inquiries to be made to ascertain the conduct of the applicant since the date of the conviction.
Marginal note:Opportunity to make representations
(2) If the Board proposes to refuse to grant a pardon, it shall notify the applicant of its proposal in writing and advise the applicant that he or she is entitled to make, or have made on his or her behalf, any representations to the Board that he or she believes relevant either in writing or, if the Board so authorizes, orally at a hearing held for that purpose.
Marginal note:Board to consider representations
(3) The Board shall, before making its decision, consider any representations made to it within a reasonable time after the notification is given to the applicant pursuant to subsection (2).
Marginal note:Waiting period
(4) An applicant whose application is refused may not apply for a pardon until the expiration of one year after the date of the refusal.
- 1992, c. 22, s. 4
- 2000, c. 1, s. 2
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