(1) Any person who, having been sentenced to [imprisonment or custody for life or ordered to be detained in [youth detention] accommodation or in a young offenders institution], or having been committed to a prison or remand centre, is unlawfully at large, may be arrested by a constable without warrant and taken to the place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained.
(2) Where any person sentenced to [imprisonment, or ordered to be detained in [youth detention] accommodation or in a young offenders institution], is unlawfully at large at any time during the period for which he is liable to be detained in pursuance of the sentence or order, then, unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs, no account shall be taken, in calculating the period for which he is liable to be so detained,
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