Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Home Detention Scheme
57. Revocation of home detention order
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If the Commissioner is satisfied after due inquiry that —
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
a prisoner failed to return to prison after he or she was recalled to prison under section 56(1)(b);
a prisoner failed to comply with any of the conditions of the home detention order;
a prisoner committed any offence while being subject to a home detention order;
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 home detention order; or
it is necessary in the public interest to do so,the Commissioner may revoke the home detention order in respect of that prisoner and recall the prisoner to prison, and the prisoner is, if at large, deemed to be unlawfully at large.
Upon the revocation of the home detention order under subsection (1), the prisoner is to serve the unexpired part of his or her sentence of imprisonment in prison.
home detention order
“home detention order” means an order of the Commissioner under section 52;