South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO) ACT 2012 (NO 17 OF 2012) - SECT 7

7—Insertion of Part 3 Division 4

After Part 3 Division 3 insert:

Division 4—Effect of imprisonment for contempt

33C—Effect of imprisonment for contempt

If a person is imprisoned for contempt of court—

            (a)         any sentence of imprisonment that the person has not yet begun to serve (and any non-parole period in respect of that sentence) will not commence until the expiry of the period of imprisonment for contempt; and

            (b)         any sentence of imprisonment that the person is then serving (and any non-parole period in respect of that sentence) ceases to run for the period of imprisonment for contempt.