Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00388:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00388
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 8704–9469

6  Remission of portion of imprisonment

  Where, in pursuance of this Act, the conditions of a sentence of imprisonment appear to the Governor‑General to be more severe in the State or Territory to which a prisoner is removed than in the Territory from which he or she was removed, the Governor‑General may remit a portion of the sentence so that the punishment undergone by the prisoner may not, in the opinion of the Governor‑General, be more severe than the punishment to which the prisoner was originally sentenced, and the sentence of imprisonment shall, so long as the prisoner remains in the State or Territory to which he or she is removed, be carried into effect as if the conditions thereof, as so varied, were the conditions of the original sentence.