Miscellaneous

C249 Persons unlawfully at large. C1

C3C41

Any person who, having been sentenced to F1imprisonment or custody for life or ordered to be detained in F10youth detention accomodation or in a young offenders institution, or having been committed to a prison or remand centre, is unlawfully at large, may be arrested by a constable without warrant and taken to the place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained.

C5C62

Where any person sentenced to F2imprisonment, or ordered to be detained in F11youth detention accomodation or in a young offenders institution is unlawfully at large at any time during the period for which he is liable to be detained in pursuance of the sentence or order, then, unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs, no account shall be taken, in calculating the period for which he is liable to be so detained, of any time during which he is absent from the F3place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained:

Provided that—

C7a

this subsection shall not apply to any period during which any such person as aforesaid is detained in pursuance of the sentence or order or in pursuance of any other sentence of any court F4in the United KingdomF2in a prison or remand centre, in F11youth detention accomodation or in a young offenders institution;

b

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c

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3

The provisions of the last preceding subsection shall apply to a person who is detained in custody in default of payment of any sum of money as if he were sentenced to imprisonment.

4

For the purposes of this section a person who, after being temporarily released in pursuance of rules made under subsection (5) of section forty–seven of this Act, is at large at any time during the period for which he is liable to be detained in pursuance of his sentence shall be deemed to be unlawfully at large if the period for which he was temporarily released has expired or if an order recalling him has been made by the F7Secretary of Statein pursuance of the rules.

F144A

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F85

In this section “F12“youth detention accommodation”” means—

a

a young offender institution;

b

a secure training centre; or

c

any other accommodation that is F13youth detention accommodation within the meaning given by F9section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (detention and training orders).