Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 142

    A young offender in respect of whom an order under paragraph 96 (1) (l) has been made—

        (a)     who is in temporary control under an arrangement made for his or her transfer from the Territory to a State; and

        (b)     who escapes or attempts to escape from that temporary control while he or she is not within the Territory or the receiving State;

is guilty of an offence against this Act and is liable for committal to an institution for not more than 6 months.