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Parole Act 2002

Parole and other release from detention - Sentence calculation - Start date of sentence of imprisonment

81: Start date of sentence of imprisonment when term imposed

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"When your prison sentence starts if you're not already in prison"

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If you get a prison sentence for not paying money, disobeying a court order, or disrespecting the court, and you are not already in prison, your sentence starts on the day you are taken into custody. You will begin serving your sentence from that day. The rules about this are similar to those in the 1985 legislation.

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Part 1Parole and other release from detention
Sentence calculation: Start date of sentence of imprisonment

81Start date of sentence of imprisonment when term imposed

  1. If a person on whom a term of imprisonment is imposed for non-payment of a sum of money, disobedience of a court order, or contempt of court is not already detained under a sentence of imprisonment, then the start date of the sentence of imprisonment is the day on which the person is taken into custody to serve the term imposed.

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