The Home Minister has outlined the do's and don'ts of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's home detention.

He told the Dewan Rakyat that the conditions, outlined by the Prisons Department, are very clear.

They include restrictions on residence and associations, movement and visitors, the use of communications equipment, as well as compulsory rehabilitation and intervention programmes.

Saifuddin says Najib's immediate family members are allowed to live with him.

He also stressed that any breach of the conditions could result in the former Prime Minister being sent back to prison.

Meanwhile, Saifuddin says the conditions imposed on Najib may also serve as a reference point for future home detention cases.

He says the framework is not intended for Najib alone, but could be adapted for similar arrangements in the future.

While Najib's home detention was executed under a conditional pardon, the government is also drafting separate legislation to allow house arrest for selected detainees facing minor offences.

It has also been mooted to help reduce overcrowding at prisons.

Saifuddin also rejected suggestions that Najib's home detention would impose additional costs on taxpayers.

He says security arrangements involve the reassignment of existing prison personnel rather than the deployment of additional manpower.

This includes deploying prison staff are deployed to the residence on three shifts.

And in response to concerns about double standards, the Home Minister stressed that Najib's case does not place him above the law.

Saifuddin says the right to seek a pardon is available to all offenders, regardless of their wealth or status.

Najib is serving the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest after fulfilling the conditions of his conditional pardon.