(1) The Board shall suspend parole in respect of any parolee if during the parole period the parolee is convicted of any offence punishable by imprisonment for a period which involves forfeiture of parole under section 1147.
(2) The Board may suspend parole in respect of a parolee for any period during which investigations are being carried out into—
(a) an indictable offence which the parolee is alleged to have committed; or
(b) any breach by the parolee of any of the conditions of the parole.
(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the Board may carry out such investigations as it may consider necessary.
(4) Where the Board intends to suspend parole, the Board shall within a reasonable time, give written notice of its intention to—
(a) the appropriate Parole Committee;
(b) the parolee in respect of whom an order for the suspension of parole is to be made; and
(c) the Superintendent.
(5) The Court before which the parolee mentioned in subsection (1) is convicted shall, in passing sentence, state whether the sentence in respect of the offence mentioned in that subsection shall be concurrent with or consecutive to the sentence in respect of which parole was granted.