15 & 16 Geo. 6
& 1 Eliz. 2
- shall be a period of six months from the date of his release under the said subsection (2);
- (b) if he is recalled under subsection (4) the period for which he may be detained thereunder shall be whichever is the shorter of the following, that is to say—
- (i) the remainder of the said period of six months; or
- (ii) the part of his sentence which was unexpired on the date of his release under the said subsection (2), reduced by any time during which he has been so detained since that date;
- and he may be released on licence under subsection (5) at any time before the expiration of that period.
(7) For the purposes of this section, a person committed to prison in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction shall be treated as undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for the term for which he is committed, and consecutive terms of imprisonment shall be treated as one term.
Release on licence of persons sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention. 26.—(1) A person sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention shall be detained in a prison for the term of his sentence subject to his release on licence in accordance with the following provisions of this section, and while so detained shall be treated in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section forty-seven of this Act.
(2) The Prison Commissioners may release on licence a person sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention after he has served such portion of his sentence as may be determined in accordance with rules made under the said section forty-seven: Provided that the Secretary of State may require the Prison Commissioners to release a person so sentenced at any time.
(3) A person shall, after his release on licence under the last preceding subsection and until the expiration of his sentence, comply with such requirements as may be specified in the licence, including, if the Prison Commissioners think it expedient, a requirement that he shall be under the supervision of such society or person as may be so specified:
Provided that the Prison Commissioners may at any time modify or cancel any of the said requirements.
(4) If before the expiration of his sentence the Prison Commissioners are satisfied that a person released on licence under10
