Part 12Sentencing
Chapter 6 Release, licences, supervision and recall
Release on licence
248Power to release prisoners on compassionate grounds
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The Secretary of State may at any time release a fixed-term prisoner on licence if he is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the prisoner’s release on compassionate grounds.
F1(2)
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