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Prisons Act 1933 s 59F

s 59F Revocation of external placement order

59F.—(1) If the Commissioner is satisfied after due inquiry that —(a) a prisoner failed to return to prison after he or she was recalled to prison under section 59E(1)(b); (b) a prisoner failed to comply with any of the conditions of the external placement order; (c) a prisoner committed any offence while being subject to an external placement order;[Act 6 of 2022 wef 02/09/2022] (d) the whereabouts of a prisoner can no longer be electronically monitored at the prisoner’s place of residence, or at such other place or places at which the prisoner is required to remain within doors under the conditions of the external placement order; or (e) it is necessary in the public interest to do so, the Commissioner may revoke the external placement order in respect of that prisoner and, if the prisoner is not already detained in prison, recall the prisoner to prison; and the prisoner is, if then at large, deemed to be unlawfully at large. [1/2014] (2) Upon the revocation of the external placement order under subsection (1), the prisoner must serve the unexpired part of his or her sentence in prison.[1/2014]

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