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Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993, Cross Heading: Consecutive terms of imprisonment is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Consecutive terms of imprisonmentS
2Where his offence term and his non-offence term are consecutive—
(a)his offence term shall be taken to precede his non-offence term;
(b)notwithstanding section 1(1) to (3) of this Act, he shall not be released when he has served the proportion of his offence term mentioned in whichever of those subsections is (or are) relevant to the term in question but when he falls to be released by virtue of the application of section 5 of this Act to his non-offence term; and
(c)his non-offence term shall be taken as beginning on the date on which he would have been released under section 1(1) to (3) but for sub-paragraph (b) above.
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