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The following method shall be adopted in calculating the date of release of a prisoner who, after conviction, is released on bail but is afterwards re-committed to prison to serve his sentence, or who escapes and is subsequently recaptured, namely: - “Add the number of days for which the prisoner was on bail, or was at large, to the term of the sentence, exclusive of the day of release and re-arrest, or escape and re- capture. The date on which the sum of these periods will elapse, counting from the date of conviction, shall be the date of expiry of the sentence”. Illustration.- A prisoner sentenced on the 11th of January to one month's imprisonment escapes on the 15th January and is re-captured on the 18th January. He shall be entitled on the original warrant to be released on the 12th of February. When a foreigner is sentenced to term of imprisonment.