Sentence deemed to have been imposed in the Territory
25 Sentence deemed to have been imposed in the Territory
Where under an interstate law an order is issued for the transfer to the Territory of a person imprisoned in a participating
State and the person is brought into the Territory pursuant to the order, then from the time the person arrives in the Territory:
any State sentence of imprisonment (as defined in the interstate law of the participating State) imposed upon the person by a court of the participating State and any sentence of imprisonment deemed by the provision of an interstate law that corresponds to this section to have been imposed by a court of the participating State shall be deemed to have been imposed upon the person; and
a direction or order given or made by a court of the participating State in relation to when any such State sentence of imprisonment shall commence shall, so far as practicable, be deemed to have been given or made,
by a corresponding court of the Territory and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall be given effect to in the Territory, and the laws of the Territory shall apply, as if such a court had had power to impose the sentence and give or make the direction or order, if any, and did in fact impose the sentence and give or make the direction or order, if any.
Subsection (1) does not apply to or in respect of a sentence of imprisonment imposed upon a person where the person has completed serving that sentence.
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