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CurrentCalculation of term of imprisonment
Part 9Imprisonment
Division 2Calculation
154 Calculation of term of imprisonment
(1)
Except as provided in sections 156(1), 158A and 159 and subject to an order being made under the repealed section 158, a term of imprisonment—
(a)
on conviction on indictment—starts on the day the court imposes imprisonment on the offender; and
(b)
on a summary conviction—starts at the beginning of the offender’s custody for the imprisonment.
(2)
In this section—
repealed section 158 means section 158 as in force immediately before it was repealed by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004.
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