Statistics Act, 1999
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Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)Chapter 28 : Sentence276B. Fixing of non-parole-period |
(1)
| (a) | If a court sentences a person convicted of an offence to imprisonment for a period of two years or longer, the court may as part of the sentence, fix a period during which the person shall not be placed on parole. |
| (b) | Such period shall be referred to as the non-parole-period, and may not exceed two thirds of the term of imprisonment imposed or 25 years, whichever is the shorter. |
| (2) | If a person who is convicted of two or more offences is sentenced to imprisonment and the court directs that the sentences of imprisonment shall run concurrently, the court shall, subject to subsection (1)(b), fix the non-parole-period in respect of the effective period of imprisonment. |
[Section 276B inserted by section 22 of Act No. 87 of 1997]
