Eligibility for home detention
53.—(1)  A prisoner is eligible to be released for home detention under section 52 if —
(a)he is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not less than 6 months and has served not less than half of his sentence of imprisonment; and
(b)he is not a prisoner specified under the Schedule as being disqualified from being released for home detention under section 52.
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(2)  For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), the total consecutive periods of imprisonment of whatever nature shall be treated as one sentence.
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