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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 245

Application to Supreme Court to reopen sentencing proceedings

245 Application to Supreme Court to reopen sentencing proceedings

(1) The person may apply to the Supreme Court to reopen the proceeding to the extent the court imposed on the person either or both of the following—
(a) a further sentence of 15 years imprisonment served wholly in a corrective services facility under the repealed VLAD Act, section 7(1)(b);
(b) a further sentence of 10 years imprisonment served wholly in a corrective services facility under the repealed VLAD Act, section 7(1)(c).
(2) The application must be made within 3 months after the commencement.
(3) The court may, at any time, extend the period mentioned in subsection (2).
(4) The court must give a copy of the application to the director of public prosecutions.
(5) Within 10 business days after the making of the application, the court must give directions to enable the application to be heard.



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