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| (1) Any offender committed to custody under section 8 or 9 of this Act escapes from such custody, who may be arrested in any place in Sri Lanka in like manner as a person escaping from custody under a warrant for his arrest issued in that place in respect of an offence committed therein. |
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| (2) Where any offender being in custody under section 8 or 9 of this Act is required to be removed from the place where he is held in custody to any other place in Sri Lanka, he shall be deemed to continue to be in legal custody until he reaches the place to which he is required to be transferred. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts