International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997
4ASentences of imprisonment imposed by military commissions of the United States of America
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4A Sentences of imprisonment imposed by military commissions of the United States of America
For the purposes of this Act: (a) a military commission of the United States of America is taken to be a court or tribunal of the United States of America; and (b) any punishment or measure involving deprivation of liberty ordered by a military commission of the United States of America is taken to have been ordered by a court or tribunal of the United States of America in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction; and (c) any direction or order given or made by a military commission of the United States of America with respect to the commencement of such punishment or measure is taken to have been given or made by a court or tribunal of the United States of America.