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CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 (NO. 59 OF 2005) - SECT 82

Suspension or cancellation of periodic detention—recommittal to full-time detention

    (1)     This section applies if the board decides to suspend or cancel an offender's periodic detention.

    (2)     The board must order that the offender be placed in the chief executive's custody to serve the relevant part of the offender's sentence by imprisonment under full-time detention.

Note     See s 79 (Periodic detention—effect of suspension or cancellation etc).

    (3)     If the offender is not in custody, the board may also issue a warrant for the offender to be arrested and placed in the chief executive's custody.

    (4)     The warrant must—

        (a)     be in writing signed by the chair of the board; and

        (b)     be directed to all escort officers or a named escort officer.

    (5)     An escort officer who arrests the offender under this section must place the offender in the chief executive's custody as soon as practicable.



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