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5A Compulsory drug treatment detention

The Drug Court may make an order under Part 2A of the Drug Court Act 1998 directing that an offender, who is an eligible convicted offender within the meaning of that Act, serve a sentence of imprisonment by way of compulsory drug treatment detention.

s 5A: Ins 2004 No 42, Sch 2 [3].

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