Criminal Justice Act 1961

Section 13.

FIRST SCHEDULESupervision of Persons Released from Detention Centres

1A person detained in a detention centre in pursuance of an order under section four of this Act shall, after his release and until the expiration of the period of twelve months from the date of his release, be under the supervision of such society or person as may be specified in a notice to be given to him by the Prison Commissioners on his release, and shall, while under that supervision, comply with such requirements as may be so specified :

Provided that the Prison Commissioners may at any time modify or cancel any of the said requirements or order that a person who is under supervision as aforesaid shall cease to be under supervision.

2If before the expiration of the said period of twelve months the Prison Commissioners are satisfied that a person under supervision under the foregoing paragraph has failed to comply with any requirement for the time being specified in the notice given to him under that paragraph, they may by order recall him to a detention centre ; and thereupon he shall be liable to be detained in the detention centre until the expiration of a period equivalent to that part of his term which was unexpired on the date of his release from the detention centre, or until the expiration of the period of fourteen days from the date of 'his being taken into custody under the order, whichever is the later, and, if at large, shall be deemed to be unlawfully at large:

Provided that—

(a)a person shall not be recalled more than once under this paragraph by virtue of the same order under section four of this Act; and

(b)an order under this paragraph shall, at the expiration of the said period of twelve months, cease to have effect unless the person to whom it relates is then in custody thereunder.

3The Prison Commissioners may at any time release a person who is detained in a detention centre under paragraph 2 of this Schedule.