(1) The Chief Inspector may at any time revoke a licence granted under sub-section (1) of section 21 and thereupon the released person shall be detained in a certified institution until the expiry of the term for which he had been ordered to be detained.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the Chief Inspector, may if necessary, cause the released person to be arrested and sent to nearest certified institution together with a copy of the order of detention, and thereupon the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 16 shall, so far as may be, apply.
23. If the Government at any time, of their own motion or on application made to them, are satisfied that a person convicted under section 6 or section 27 and committed to a certified institution has been cured of the disease or is in a fit state of health to earn his living or is otherwise fit to be discharged before the expiry of the period for which he has been committed, they may, by order, direct that the person so detained shall be released subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order.
24. Any person who leaves a certified institution without the permission of the Superintendent or fails to return thereto after the expiry of the period of absence permitted under sub-section (1) of section 21 may be arrested by an Revocation of licence.
Power to release.
Arrest of person escaping from certified institution.
[Act No.12 of 1977] 17 authorised officer, without warrant, and sent back to the certified institution.
25. The Government may direct any person detained in a certified institution in this State to be transferred therefrom to any institution of a like nature in any other State in respect of which provision similar to that in this State is made by the Government of that other State under any law in force therein:
Provided that no such transfer shall be made without the previous consent of the Government of that other State.
26. Every person ordered to be detained in a certified institution under this Act shall at any time allow his finger prints to be taken by the Commissioner of Police or any officer empowered by him in this behalf in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and by the District Magistrate or any officer empowered by him in this behalf elsewhere.
CHAPTER-VI MISCELLANEOUS.