Section 3 Return of removed prisoner.C1
Where a prisoner has been removed in pursuance of this Act, a Secretary of State or the Government of a British possession to which the prisoner has been so removed, may order the prisoner, for the purpose of undergoing the residue of his sentence, to be returned to the British possession from which he was removed.
If a Secretary of State or the Government of a British possession to which a prisoner is removed under this Act, requires the prisoner to be returned for discharge to the British possession from which he was removed, the prisoner shall, in accordance with the regulations under this Act, be returned to the said British possession for the purpose of being there discharged at the expiration of his sentence. In any other case a prisoner when discharged at the expiration of his sentence shall be entitled to be sent free of cost to the British possession from which he was removed;
Provided that where a prisoner at the date of his sentence belonged to the Royal Navy or to Her Majesty’s regular military forces, nothing in this section shall require such prisoner to be returned to the British possession from which he was removed, or entitle him to be sent there free of cost.
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References to Her Majesty's regular military forces to be construed as including references to the Air Force: S.R. & O. 1945/1275 (Rev. 1 p. 920: 1945 I, p. 8), Sch.