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National Parole Board
The National Parole Board (NPB) is an agency within the Ministry of Public Safety Canada. The Board is an independent administrative tribunal that has exclusive authority under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to grant, deny, cancel, terminate or revoke day parole and full parole.
The Board is also responsible for making decisions to grant, deny and revoke pardons under the Criminal Records Act and the Criminal Code of Canada.
The Corrections and Conditional Release Act
This act and its regulations direct the National Parole Board to make parole decisions for offenders serving sentences of two years or more in federal and territorial institutions and for provincially sentenced offenders serving a sentence of less than two years in provinces, such as British Columbia, with no parole boards. It is the responsibility of the National Parole Board, in accordance with legislated criteria, to determine whether or not to grant parole. The National Parole Board also has the responsibility to set conditions for parole and statutory release, authorize suspensions if a violation of parole or statutory release occurs, and maintain a close working relationship with the Correctional Service of Canada which provides case preparation for hearings, case management and community supervision.
