(1) If a court
sentences an offender to a fixed term of imprisonment under section 9D(3) or
(4), the court must not make a parole eligibility order in respect of that
term of imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1)
overrides section 89.
(3) Subsection (4)
applies if —
(a) an
offender is convicted of murder; and
(b)
section 9D(3) applies to the offender in respect of that offence; and
(c) the
court sentences the offender to life imprisonment for that offence; and
(d)
under section 90(1)(a), the court sets a minimum period that the offender must
serve before being eligible for release on parole.
(4) If this subsection
applies, the court must set a minimum period of at least 20 years.
(5) Subsection (4)
overrides section 90(1)(a).
[Section 9G inserted: No. 49 of 2012 s. 181(2);
amended: No. 45 of 2016 s. 62.]