Section 19
Lawful custody
of Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983
(1)
A person shall be in lawful custody—
(a)
where he is taken into custody by an officer under this
Act;
(b)
while he is resident at a Rehabilitation Centre under this
Act;
(c)
while he is being taken from or to any place, or while he is engaged in any activity under this Act outside a
Rehabilitation Centre, during the period that he is under an order made under this Act to reside at a Rehabilitation
Centre.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who is admitted to a Rehabilitation Centre under section 8 or 9.
(3)
Any person who escapes from lawful custody as referred to in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to *imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to whipping not exceeding three strokes, or to both.
Offences by residents of Rehabilitation Centres and After care