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Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
7ASentence ceases to run while escaped prisoner at large
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#### 7A Sentence ceases to run while escaped prisoner at large
A person who commits an offence against subsection 7(2) by escaping shall, upon being returned to lawful custody, undergo, in addition to any punishment imposed for that offence, the punishment that the person would have undergone if the person had not escaped.