South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A youth who is
subject to detention—
(a) who
escapes from a training centre or from any person who has the lawful custody
of the youth; or
(b) who
is otherwise unlawfully at large,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: Detention for 6 months.
(2) A term of
detention to which a youth is sentenced for an offence against this section
must be served immediately and any other detention or imprisonment to which
the youth is liable is suspended while that term is being served.
(3) If the youth is in
prison at the time at which a sentence imposed under this section is due to
commence, the sentence must be served in prison.
(4) A youth is not,
while unlawfully at large, serving his or her sentence of detention.
(5) For the purposes
of this section, a youth is subject to detention if the youth—
(a) is
subject to detention in a training centre or other place (not being a prison)
by order of a court; or
(b) is
in the custody of an escort under Division 4.
(6) This section does
not apply to a youth serving a sentence of home detention or a youth who has
been released on home detention by the Training Centre Review Board in
accordance with section 41.