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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT (SENTENCES ADJUSTMENT) BILL 1996

[Act 1996 No 117]
New South Wales
Criminal Procedure Amendment

(Sentences Adjustment) Bill 1996

Explanatory note

This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into

Overview of Bill

The object of this Bill is to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 to enable
the adjustment of any cumulative sentence of imprisonment when an earlier
sentence is quashed or varied on appeal or otherwise. The cumulative
sentence would have been set to commence at the end of the earlier sentence.

Under the Bill, the court that quashes or varies a sentence may adjust the date
of commencement of the cumulative sentence.

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sentences Adjustment) Bill 1996 [Act 1996 No 11 7]
Explanatory note

Outline of provisions

Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.

Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on the date of
assent.

Clause 3 is a formal provision giving effect to the amendments to the
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 set out in Schedule 1. Schedule 1 contains the
amendments that give effect to the object mentioned above.

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