Singapore legislation

Section 58

of Prisons Act 1933

Section 58

Suspension of home detention order

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), where a prisoner subject to a home detention order is punished for a minor prison offence under section 70(1)(a) or (b), or for an aggravated prison offence under section 71(1)(b) or (c), the home detention order in respect of the prisoner is, unless revoked under section 57, suspended from the date on which the prisoner is punished for —

(a)

the period that the prisoner is confined in a punishment cell pursuant to an order under section 70(1)(a) or 71(1)(b); or

(b)

the period of remission which is forfeited pursuant to an order under section 70(1)(b) or 71(1)(c).

(2)

If a prisoner is punished with both confinement in a punishment cell under section 70(1)(a) or 71(1)(b) and forfeiture of remission under section 70(1)(b) or 71(1)(c), the period for which the home detention order is suspended under subsection (1) is the sum of the period for which the prisoner is ordered to undergo confinement and the period of remission forfeited.

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