Section 5 — Period of release to be reckoned as imprisonment for computing period of sentence served. | The Himachal Pradesh Good Conduct Prisoners' Probational Release Act, 1968

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5. Period of release to be reckoned as imprisonment for 
computing period of sentence served.- The period during which a person is 

absent from prison under the provisions of this Act on a licence which is in 

force shall be reckoned as a part of the period of imprisonment to which he 

was sentenced, for the purpose of computing the period of his sentence and 

for the purpose of computing the amount of remission of his sentence which 

might be awarded to him under any rules in force relating to such remission.

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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Power of Government to release by licence on conditions imposed by it.Section 4 · Period for which licence is to be in force.Section 6 · Form of licence.Section 7 · Power to revoke licence.Section 8 · Released absconders who escape from supervision to be punishable.Section 9 · Power to make rules.

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