Bare ActsThe SIKKIM PROHIBITION OF BEGGARY ACT,2004

Section 21

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(1) Subjecl to such condit ons as are presoribed - (a) the SLtperinlendent of the Certiiied lnstituiion may ai any time granl permission lo a person detained in a Cerlilied lnstitulion lo absent hrmsell ,or shorl periocls and (b) the Superlntendent may atanyl me releasesuch petson condjtionally and ssLe him a hcelce lhe'e,or. (2) Any such lcence sha[ be in torce until the expiry of the term for which lhe perso. was ordered io be delained in a Cerlified lns|lution unless sooner revoked. (3) The period during which slch person is absent from a Cediiied lnstitulion by permiss on or by ijcence as aloresa d sholl for lhe purpose of computing his lerm of delention in a Cer|fied lnstitution be deemed to be part ot his detenlion. (1) Subject 10 such cond tions as are prescritled, the Superintendenl may, at any time revoke a licence issued under Sectlon 21 and thereupon lhe released person shall be detained in a Certified lnslitulion unlil lhe expiry of lhe date 1or which he had been ordered io be detaihed. t2l For the oJ.pose ol ln s scct,on. l,re Superinle'loell may, tI necessary, cause the released person to be arresled and sert to the nearesl Feceiving Centre togelher\,!ith a copy of the order ol detention, and lhereupon lhe provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 24 shall as far as may be praclicable appty At any time a{ter ihe expiralion of three months from the cornmence- rnenl of the release on licence ol any person under section 21, lhe Superintendent may, ii he is satisrie; lhat ihere is a probabilily lhat such person will abstain from begging and co ecting donation recommend to the State Government his unconditional release. The State Governmenl may, on such recommendation, release such person unconditionaily, and lhereupon Ihe lerm lor wh ich such person had been ordered to be delained in a Certified lnstitution shall be deemed to have expired. I Ptocedure on ordet of detention ot sentence of imprisonment. Medical examihation and detention oI leprcsy patients and mentalty retardect pefsons. CI"]APTER V MISCELLANEOUS

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