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Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
459Person still under sentence until end of parole period
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459 Person still under sentence until end of parole period
(1) A person is to be regarded as having served his or her period of detention if—
(a) at the end of the parole period the Youth Parole Board has not made an order cancelling the person's parole under section 460(1); or
(b) during the parole period the person has not committed, whether in Victoria or elsewhere, an offence for which he or she could be sentenced to a term of imprisonment or period of detention in a youth justice centre or youth residential centre for more than 3 months.
(2) Until the parole period ends or until the person is otherwise discharged from the sentence of detention, a person released on parole is to be regarded as being still under sentence and as not having served his or her period of detention.