2.5 Clause 12: Amendment of Section 73 of Act 111 of 1998, as amended by section 27 of Act 32 of 2001 The DCS proposed that any sick offender whose sentence has expired, but who has been certified medically unfit for release, may be temporarily detained until his or her condition improved. This provision was rejected as it is undesirable to detain any person who has completed his or her court imposed sentence. It was agreed that, where an inmate's release upon expiry of his or her sentence may result in his or her death or the infection of others, the National Commissioner must inform the Department of Health, at least one month prior to the release, in order for the latter to provide for such a person in terms of its mandate.