Criminal Justice Act, 1960
Persons unlawfully at large. |
6.—(1) A person who, by reason of having been temporarily released under section 2 or section 3 of this Act, is at large shall be deemed to be unlawfully at large if— | |
(a) the period for which he was temporarily released has expired, or | ||
(b) a condition to which his release was made subject has been broken. | ||
(2) A person who is unlawfully at large shall be guilty of an offence under this section and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. | ||
(3) Where, by reason of the breach of a condition to which his release under section 2 or section 3 of this Act was made subject, a person is deemed to be unlawfully at large and is arrested under section 7 of this Act, the period for which he was temporarily released shall thereupon be deemed to have expired. | ||
(4) The currency of the sentence of a person who is unlawfully at large for any period shall be suspended in respect of the whole of that period. |