Criminal Justice Act 1967

63 Supervision of young, short-term prisoners after release.

(1) A person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than eighteen months who was under the age of twenty-one when the sentence was passed shall be subject after his release from prison to supervision under Schedule 1 to the [1961 c. 39.] Criminal Justice Act 1961 (supervision of persons released from detention centres) as if he had been released from a detention centre after being detained there in pursuance of an order under section 4 of that Act (detention centre order), and the provisions of that Schedule shall apply accordingly to any such person—

(a) with the substitution for any reference to an order under the said section 4 of a reference to a sentence of imprisonment; and

(b) with the substitution for any reference to a detention centre of a reference to a prison.

(2) A notice under the said Schedule 1 given to a person to whom the foregoing subsection applies shall state that he was under the age of twenty-one when the relevant sentence was passed on him.