Release of prisoners
23 Release of prisoners
In this regulation – public holiday includes any day or part of a day that is a statutory holiday, as defined in section 3 of the Statutory Holidays Act 2000, in that part of the State where the prisoner is detained.
The following provisions apply to the release of a prisoner:on the day of release, the prisoner is to be released at the discretion of the Director between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m.; in the case of a sentence of more than 14 days, if the day of release falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the prisoner is to be released on a preceding weekday that is not a public holiday; in the case of a sentence of 14 days or less, the prisoner is to be released on the last day of the sentence even if that day is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
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