# Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 38: Compassionate release: additional ground for revocation of licence

Status: prospective

(1) This section applies if—
(a) a prisoner is released on licence by virtue of section 27(1), and
(b) the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that there are no longer compassionate grounds justifying the prisoner's release on licence by virtue of that section.
(2) The Scottish Ministers must revoke the licence.
(3) If the prisoner is not detained as mentioned in section 36(1)(b), the Scottish Ministers must recall the prisoner to prison.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/section/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007/section-38
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