Bali drug bust boy back home tonight

A 14-year-old boy from New South Wales could face a lengthy jail term in Indonesia after allegedly being caught with drugs while on holiday in Bali. File photo

The 14-year-old Australian boy caught in Bali with a small amount of marijuana may well be on his way home in a matter of hours.

It is possible he will fly back to Australia on Sunday evening.

The chief prosecutor handling the case, I Gusti Putu Atmaja, had told AAP the teenager will be removed from an immigration detention centre in Jimbaran on Sunday morning and then taken to the prison.

It will only be a brief stop, however, so he can be registered, photographed and have his fingerprints taken.

He will then be released to immigration officials so he can be deported.

The governor of the prison, Siswanto, had confirmed the teenager would be processed at Kerobokan.

"Yes, I've been told that he would come on Sunday. We have to register him,'' Siswanto told AAP.

The boy has been in custody since October 4, when he was arrested after police caught him with 3.6 grams of marijuana, which he later confessed to buying from a dealer on Kuta Beach.

He was sentenced last week to two months in prison, which meant that with the time he has already served in custody he would be released on Sunday.

While the teenager will have completed his sentence on Sunday, it remains unclear when he will travel back to Australia.

Mr Atmaja said immigration officials would decide on the timing of the teenager's deportation.

"When he's to be flown to his country, it will depend on the Australian consulate's readiness and what time the flight ticket he would get,'' he said.

- AAP