Amendment of probation orders

(1) Subject to this section, where, on the application of a probationer or of the Community Rehabilitation Officer responsible for his supervision, the court which made the probation order is satisfied that the provisions of the probation order should be varied, or that any provisions should be inserted or cancelled, the court may, subject to subsection (2) of this section by order amend the probation order accordingly. (2) No order shall be made under this section reducing the period or duration of the probation order, or extending that period beyond a period of three years from the date of the (3) An order under subsection (1) of this section, may require a probationer to reside in an institution for any period not extending beyond twelve months from the date of that order, if the total period or the aggregate of the periods for which he is required to reside in any institution or institutions under the probation order does not exceed twelve months. (4) The court shall, if it is satisfied, on the application of the Community Rehabilitation Officer responsible for the supervision of the probationer that the probationer has changed, or is about to change, his residence from the district named in the order to another district, by order vary the probation order by substituting for the reference to the district named therein a reference to the district where the probationer is residing or is about to reside, and shall transmit to the court for the new district all documents and information relating to the case, and thereupon the last mentioned court shall be deemed for all the purposes of this Act to be the court by which the probation order was made. 12 (5) An Order under this section cancelling a provision of a Probation Order or substituting a new district for the district named therein may be made without summoning the probationer, but no other Order under this section shall be made except on the application or in the presence of the (6) Where an Order is made under this section for the variation, insertion or cancellation of a provision requiring a probationer to reside in an institution, the court shall forthwith give notice of the terms of the order to the Director.