Singapore legislation

Section 59H

of Prisons Act 1933

Section 59H

Cancellation of external placement order

Amended by1/20141/2014

(1)

The Minister may, if the Minister is of the view that it is no longer appropriate for a prisoner released under an external placement order to serve the prisoner’s sentence in a place other than a prison, cancel the external placement order in respect of that prisoner and recall the prisoner to prison; and the prisoner is, if at large, then deemed to be unlawfully at large.

Amended by1/2014

(2)

Upon the cancellation of the external placement order under subsection (1), the prisoner must serve the unexpired part of his or her sentence in prison.

Amended by1/2014