Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 16:

In page 5, line 20, after "court" to insert ", unless such order is expressed to be subject to such temporary release (if any) as may be directed under this section".

The purpose of this amendment is to provide that a court would be happy, for example, while remanding a sick prisoner, to permit the person to be released temporarily for some special reason between remand dates. While it could be done by court order, we want to include this provision here because this sometimes might be inconvenient, for example during court vacations. We want to give discretion to allow temporary release by direction of the Minister.