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Corrections Act 1986
78AOffence to breach a term or condition of parole
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78A Offence to breach a term or condition of parole
(1) A prisoner while released under a parole order must not, without reasonable excuse, breach a prescribed term or condition of that parole order.
Penalty: 3 months imprisonment, 30 penalty units or both.
S. 78A(2) inserted by No. 41/2015 s. 21.
(2) Despite anything to the contrary in section 7(1) of the **Criminal Procedure Act 2009**, a proceeding for an offence under subsection (1) may be commenced within 2 years after the commission of the alleged offence.
See sections 16 and 33 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**.
S.78B inserted by No. 46/2013 s. 3 (as amended by No. 25/2014 s. 13).