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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Release - Recall

59: Definition of recall application

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"Asking to send an offender back to prison to finish their sentence"

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When you hear the term recall application, it means someone is asking for an order to send an offender back to prison. This order is so the offender can keep serving their sentence of imprisonment in a prison. You can find more information about changes to this rule in section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Release: Recall

59Definition of recall application

  1. A recall application is an application for an order that an offender be recalled to continue serving a sentence of imprisonment in a prison.

Notes
  • Section 59: amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).