DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 33A
Provisions relating to life sentences
DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 33A
Provisions relating to life sentences
33A Provisions relating to life sentences
(1) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life for an offence under this
Division is to serve that sentence for the term of the person's natural life.
(2) Where a person is liable to imprisonment for life for an offence under
this Division, the court may nevertheless pass a sentence of imprisonment of
fixed duration.
(3) This section applies to offences under this Division
committed before or after the commencement of this section. However, this
section does not apply where committal proceedings (or proceedings by way of
ex officio indictment) for the offence were instituted against the convicted
person before the commencement of this section.
(4) Nothing in this section
affects the prerogative of mercy.
