Young person sentenced to life imprisonment
476B Young person sentenced to life imprisonment
Pt 3 Div. 2 Subdiv. (1) (Heading) amended by No. 10084 s. 15(b).
Sentences for offences
Ss 472–476A repealed.[39]
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S. 476B inserted by No. 9242 s. 3, amended by Nos 16/1987 ss 4(3)(Sch. 1 item 8(b)), 12(Sch. 2 item 6(b)), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 9.4), 32/2024 s. 1035.
Where a person under the age of 21 years is sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of that person's natural life, that person shall be kept in safe custody in such place as is directed by the Minister administering the Youth Justice Act 2024 from time to time upon the recommendation of the Secretary within the meaning of that Act and if the place at which the person is at any time being so kept is a youth justice custodial centre or other institution which is not a prison established under the Corrections Act 1986, shall be deemed to be serving that sentence of imprisonment by way of detention in such centre or institution.
Ss 477–479 repealed.[40]
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cf. [1742–3] 16 George II, c. XXXI ss 3, 4. [1751–2] 25 George II, c. XXXVII s. 9.
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