Commissioner to act on recommendation of Committee
5.—(1) The Commissioner may, on the recommendation of the Committee, grant a prisoner leave for employment with such employer and on such conditions as he may specify.
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(2) The Commissioner may at any time amend, vary or add to any condition which he may impose under paragraph (1).
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(3) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a prisoner has contravened or failed to comply with any of the conditions imposed under paragraph (1) or (2) or has for any reason ceased to be so employed, he may cancel the leave granted to the prisoner under paragraph (1).
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(4) Any prisoner who fails to return to the prison after the leave granted to him has been cancelled under paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(5) If any prisoner who has been granted leave for employment under paragraph (1) remains at large without lawful excuse, he shall be deemed to be unlawfully at large and to have escaped from lawful custody.