Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431:section:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9
Character Range: 23523–24370

9  Confinement in prison or psychiatric institution

Confinement in prison
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, the period during which a person is confined to a prison includes a period:
 (a) during which the person is an escapee from the prison; or
 (b) during which the person is undergoing a sentence of periodic detention in the prison.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, the period during which a person is confined to a prison does not include a period during which the person has been so confined by reason only of the person serving a sentence relating to a conviction that is later quashed.

Confinement in psychiatric institution
 (3) For the purposes of this Act, the period during which a person is confined in a psychiatric institution by order of a court includes a period during which the person is an escapee from the institution.