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International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997
4BSuspended sentences of imprisonment
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#### 4B Suspended sentences of imprisonment
(1) Serving a sentence of imprisonment includes being subject to so much of the period of the sentence of imprisonment as involves a potential deprivation of liberty.
> Note: While a person is subject to a suspended sentence of imprisonment, he or she is treated under this Act as a prisoner serving that sentence of imprisonment.
(2) The suspended part of a sentence of imprisonment is so much of the period of the sentence of imprisonment as:
(a) involves a potential deprivation of liberty; and
(b) is not a period of release on parole.