New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 33A

33A Provisions relating to life sentences

(1) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life for an offence under this Division is to serve that sentence for the term of the person's natural life.

(2) Where a person is liable to imprisonment for life for an offence under this Division, the court may nevertheless pass a sentence of imprisonment of fixed duration.

(3) This section applies to offences under this Division committed before or after the commencement of this section. However, this section does not apply where committal proceedings (or proceedings by way of ex officio indictment) for the offence were instituted against the convicted person before the commencement of this section.

(4) Nothing in this section affects the prerogative of mercy.