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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Provisions relating to the carrying out of punishments - Imprisonment and detention

180: Periods of unlawful absence

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"Time away after escaping doesn't count towards your sentence"

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If you are sentenced to imprisonment or detention under this Act and you escape, the time you are away will not count towards your sentence. You will still have to serve the rest of your sentence when you are caught. This does not apply if you are being held in custody under a different law while you are away.

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Part 9Provisions relating to the carrying out of punishments
Imprisonment and detention

180Periods of unlawful absence

  1. Where a person sentenced under this Act to imprisonment or detention escapes or becomes unlawfully at large during the currency of the sentence, then, except in respect of any period during which he is in custody under some other enactment or rule of law, the period for which he is unlawfully at large shall not be reckoned as time spent in serving the sentence.