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141 Court proceedings for detention offence
(1) A charge for a detention offence and all related proceedings are to be heard and determined as if they were proceedings under Part 4.
(2) [Section 141 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 16, Applied:23 Aug 2016] If a person is found guilty of a detention offence, the court making that finding may instead of, or in addition to, making an order under section 47 order that the earliest release date or next release date be changed to a date which is not more than 14 days later.