Part 12

Sentencing
Chapter 6

Release on licence

Additional days

Additional days for disciplinary offences
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1
Prison rules, that is to say, rules made under section 47 of the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52), may include provision for the award of additional days—
a
to fixed-term prisoners, or
b
conditionally on their subsequently becoming such prisoners, to persons on remand,
who (in either case) are guilty of disciplinary offences.
2
Where additional days are awarded to a fixed-term prisoner, or to a person on remand who subsequently becomes such a prisoner, and are not remitted in accordance with prison rules—
a
any period which he must serve before becoming entitled to or eligible for release under this Chapter,
b
any period which he must serve before he can be removed from prison under section 260, and
c
any period for which a licence granted to him under this Chapter remains in force,
is extended by the aggregate of those additional days.