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Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983
22Territory sentences cease to have effect on transfer
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#### 22 Territory sentences cease to have effect on transfer
Where a prisoner upon whom a sentence of imprisonment has been imposed under, and for an offence against, a law of a Territory is transferred, in pursuance of a transfer order, to a State or Territory, that sentence ceases, for the purposes of this Act and of any law of that first‑mentioned Territory, upon the prisoner’s being so transferred, to have effect in that first‑mentioned Territory except for the purpose of any appeal against, or review of, any conviction, judgment, sentence or minimum term of imprisonment made, imposed or fixed by a court of that first‑mentioned Territory.