Subsequent supervision

(1) When the Inspector-General and the Investigating Committee report that the conduct or progress of any offender detained in a Borstal School has been such that it is expedient that he shall remain under the supervision for a further period after the end of the term of detention, the State Government may direct that the offender shall, on the expiration of the term of his detention, remain for a further period not exceeding one year under the supervision of such authority, society or person as the Inspector-General, subject to the rules made under this Act, may direct. (2) The State Government may, after considering the report of the Investigating Committee, forwarded to it under section 20, direct the offender to be produced before the competent court, together with the report, and the court may, after satisfying itself about the accuracy of the report, direct that the offender, who is under supervision in accordance with sub-section (1) shall,- (a) again be detained in a Borstal School for such period as it may think fit, or (b) if the court is satisfied that the conduct of the offender has been such that he is unfit for detention in a Borstal School, to undergo imprisonment of such description for such period as it may direct: Provided that the total period of supervision, detention and imprisonment, under this section, shall not exceed one year.