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Release on permit.— (1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; (a) the Chief Inspector or the Superintendent or In-charge of the Certified Institution may at any time grant permission to a person detained in a Certified Institution to absent himself for such period as may be specified by him; and (b) the Chief Inspector may at any time permit in writing the release of such person conditionally and grant him a copy of such permit. (2) Any such permit shall be in force until the expiry of the term for which the person was ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution, unless sooner revoked. (3) The period during which such person is absent from a Certified Institution under this section shall, for the purpose of computing his term of detention in a Certified Institution, be deemed to be part of his term of detention.