Section 83
of Children and Young Persons Act
Section 83
(1)
The manager of an approved school or an approved home shall review all cases of children or young persons committed to the approved school or approved home under section 51 or 58 after they have been
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detained for a year and may, after such review, recommend to the Director that any child or young person be released on licence.
(2)
The Director, on the advice of the advisory board mentioned in subsection (4) and notwithstanding any order made by any court, shall have power to order the release on licence of any person who has been detained in an approved school or an approved home for one year, at any time before the completion of his full period of detention and on such conditions as may be imposed by the Director in the order, including a condition that he shall be under the supervision of such person as may be specified in the order.
(3)
The Director may at any time modify or cancel any of the conditions.
(4)
The Minister shall appoint one or more advisory boards which shall advise and make recommendations to the Director on such cases as may be referred to it by the Minister.
(5)
Members of an advisory board shall hold office for such period as may be stated in the appointment, which shall be published in the Gazette.
(6)
If a person released from an approved school or an approved home on licence by order of the Director fails to comply with any condition of his licence, the Director may order the return of that person to the approved school or approved home, to be detained there for the unexpired portion of his original period of detention or for such shorter period as the
Director thinks fit.
(7)
Where a person has returned to the approved school or approved home under subsection (6), the Director may, on the advice of an advisory board, order the further release on licence of that person if he has been detained for at least 6 months after his return.
(8)
If any person while under licence or after his return under subsection (6) is sentenced to imprisonment, any period for which he is imprisoned under that sentence shall count as part of the period for which he is liable to detention in an approved school or an approved home under the original detention order.
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Escape from approved schools or approved homes.