Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Restriction on remission: life sentences for death penalty offences require completion of a substantial minimum custodial period before release. Where a life sentence is imposed for an offence punishable by death, or a death sentence is commuted to life, remission and commutation powers are restricted: the prisoner shall not be released until having served at least fourteen years of imprisonment, thereby creating a mandatory minimum custodial period before eligibility for release under remission or commutation.
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Restriction on remission: life sentences for death penalty offences require completion of a substantial minimum custodial period before release.
Where a life sentence is imposed for an offence punishable by death, or a death sentence is commuted to life, remission and commutation powers are restricted: the prisoner shall not be released until having served at least fourteen years of imprisonment, thereby creating a mandatory minimum custodial period before eligibility for release under remission or commutation.
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