Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered ActsIf an offender is unlawfully absent from a correctional centre or other place during the term of the offender's sentence of imprisonment, the absence is not to be counted in working out the period of the sentence served by the offender.
Examples of unlawful absence
the offender fails to return to a correctional centre as required after community service work or approved leave
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).