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Prisons Act 1933 s 50U

Prisons Act 1933 s 50U

s 50U Application

50U.—(1) This Division applies where —(a) a remission order is made under section 50I or 50J in respect of a prisoner; (b) the prisoner’s remission order relates to a sentence (excluding a default sentence) for an offence which is specified in the First Schedule at the time the offence was committed; (c) the prisoner’s sentence for the offence, aggregated with any other consecutive term of imprisonment (excluding a default sentence) to which he or she was sentenced, is longer than the minimum sentence (if any) which, at the time the offence was committed, is prescribed in the First Schedule in relation to the offence; (d) the prisoner has a relevant antecedent for the offence, if any such antecedent has been prescribed in the First Schedule in relation to the offence at the time the offence was committed; and (e) the prisoner is not subject to an order removing him or her from Singapore under the Immigration Act 1959.[1/2014] (2) This Division also applies where —(a) a remission order is made under section 50I or 50J in respect of a prisoner —(i) who is not, on the prisoner’s release, subject to an order removing him or her from Singapore under the Immigration Act 1959; and (ii) whose sentence (excluding a default sentence) for any offence, aggregated with any other consecutive term of imprisonment (excluding a default sentence) to which the prisoner was sentenced, is longer than —(A) 15 years; or (B) any other period that may be prescribed in substitution thereof at the time of the commission of the offence or, where 2 or more offences are committed, at the time of the offence earliest committed; or (b) a remission order is made under section 50P in respect of a prisoner who is not, on the prisoner’s release, subject to an order removing him or her from Singapore under the Immigration Act 1959.[1/2014] (3) To avoid doubt, where 2 remission orders are merged under section 50M and subsection (1) or (2) applies to any one of the remission orders which are merged, this Division applies to the merged remission order.[1/2014]

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