Criminal Justice Act 1961

11Term of detention and supervision under sentence of borstal training

(1)The maximum period for which a person sentenced to borstal training after the commencement of this section may be detained under subsection (2) of section forty-five of the Prison Act, 1952, shall be two years instead of three years, and the minimum period for which such a person may be so detained shall (subject to any direction of the Secretary of State under that subsection) be six months instead of nine months.

(2)The period for which a person sentenced to borstal training after the commencement of this section is to be under supervision under subsection (3) of the said section forty-five after his release from a borstal institution shall (subject to any order of the Prison Commissioners under that subsection) be a period of two years beginning with the date of his release instead of a period beginning with that date and continuing until the expiration of four years from the date of his sentence.