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Effect of removal to foreign country on prisoners’ terms of imprisonment

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Part 4Other forms of assistance to a Tribunal
Division 3Giving evidence at hearings, or assisting in investigations, in foreign countries

38 Effect of removal to foreign country on prisoners’ terms of imprisonment

A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory, or is otherwise subject to detention under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory, is taken to continue to serve that sentence of imprisonment, or to continue to be subject to that detention, at any time during which the person:

(a)

is released from a prison pursuant to a request by a Tribunal under section 36; and

(b)

is in custody in connection with the request (including custody outside Australia).

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