Section 9: Discharge of prisoners

(1) Where it appears to the Comptroller-General to be advisable in the public interest or in the interest of the prisoner that a prisoner undergoing a sentence of imprisonment should on discharge be sent back to the area in which he has his usual place of abode or the area in which the court which passed sentence on him has jurisdiction, the Comptroller-General may, on the expiry of the sentence, direct that the prisoner shall be sent back to either of those areas, and may further direct that all necessary and proper precautions shall be taken to ensure the prisoner's arrival in the area in question.
(2) If a prisoner's sentence expires on a public holiday, he shall be discharged on the immediately preceding day or, if the immediately preceding day is also a public holiday, on the latest preceding day which is not a public holiday.
(3) A prisoner who is under medical treatment when his sentence expires shall not, except at his own request, be discharge unless the medical officer certifies that in his opinion the discharge can be effected without danger to the health of the prisoner.