Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:1_297c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 297C
Character Range: 513705–514263

297C  Subsection 91(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
 (1) Subject to this section, where a court (the sentencing court) is sentencing an offender to be imprisoned for life for the crime of murder, the court must fix a period during which the offender is not eligible to be released on parole of:
 (a) 20 years; or
 (b) if any of the circumstances in subsection (3) apply—25 years.
 (1A) This section does not apply if section 93 applies.
Note: Section 93 applies to further sentences imposed on certain offenders already serving terms of imprisonment.