Sections 158 and 161 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) apply to mandatory life sentences, so that pre-sentence custody can be credited either by backdating the sentence or by declaring it imprisonment already served. This is necessary because pre-sentence custody would not otherwise count toward the 13-year parole eligibility period under s 166 of the Corrective Services Act 1988 (Qld). On provocation, a deceased's verbal confession of adultery and desire to end a marriage, without more, constitutes mere words insufficient to found the defence.
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