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Release on licence. ( I) Subject to such conditions as are pre s- cribed- (a) the Chief Inspector or the Superintendent of the certified inst itution may at any time grant permission to a person detained in a certified instit ution to absent himself for short periods ; and (b) the Chief Inspector may at any time relea se such person conditionally and issue him a licence the refor. (2) Any such licence sha ll be in force until the expiry of the term for which the person was ordered to be detained in a cer tified institu- tion , unless sooner revoked. (3) The period during which such person is absent from certified instit utio n by permission or by licence as aforesaid shall, for the pur - pose of computing his term of det entio n in a certified institution be deemed to he part of his detention .