Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A child or young person who, before the end of a period of temporary leave, fails either to return to the youth justice custodial centre from which the child or young person was released on temporary leave or to report at some other youth justice custodial centre specified in the temporary leave permit is deemed to have escaped from the youth justice custodial centre for the purposes of the offence in section 533.
(2) Despite subsection (1), it is not an offence under that subsection or section 533 if the child or young person fails to return or report to a youth justice custodial centre due to circumstances beyond the control of that child or young person.
(3) A child or young person must not contravene a condition, limitation or restriction to which a temporary leave permit is subject, not being a condition, limitation or restriction with respect to returning to or reporting to a youth justice custodial centre as referred to in subsection (1).
Penalty:
(a) in the case of a child under 18 years of age, detention in a youth justice custodial centre for 3 months;
(b) in any other case, imprisonment or detention in a youth justice custodial centre for 3 months.