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Sentencing Act 1995
Part 13Imprisonment
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Part 13 — Imprisonment
85. Terms used and calculations 135
Division 2 — Imposing imprisonment
86. Term of 6 months or less not to be imposed 137
87. Time on remand may be taken into account 138
88. Concurrent, cumulative or partly cumulative terms 138
89. Parole eligibility order, court may make 140
90. Life imprisonment for murder, imposing 142
Division 3 — Release from imprisonment
93. Release from parole term 143
94A. Release on parole of prisoners subject to *Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983* 143
94. Aggregation of parole terms for certain purposes 144
95A. Eligibility for parole where certain mandatory minimum sentences imposed 146
95. Release from fixed term that is not parole term 147
96. Release from life imprisonment 147
Division 4 — Miscellaneous
97. *Sentence Administration Act 2003*, operation of 148
97A. Declaration of serious offence for purposes of *High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020* and *Sentence Administration Act 2003* Part 5A 148