Criminal
Proceedings (Computation of Sentences) Rules 1968[1]
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Criminal
Proceedings (Computation of Sentences) Rules 1968
1 Computation of sentences of imprisonment
(1) The length of any
sentence of imprisonment imposed on an offender by a court after the
commencement of these rules shall be treated as reduced by any period during
which the offender was in custody by reason only of having been committed to
custody by an order of a court made in connection with any proceedings relating
to that sentence or the offence for which it was passed or any proceedings from
which those proceedings arose, but where the offender was
previously –
(a) subject to –
(i) an order made
under Article 2 of the Loi (1937) sur l’atténuation des
peines et sur la mise en liberté surveillée, or
(ii) a
community service order made under the Criminal Justice (Community Service Orders)
(Jersey) Law 2001, or
(b) sentenced
to imprisonment subject to a suspension order made under the Criminal Justice (Suspension of Prison Sentences)
(Jersey) Law 2003,
in respect of that offence, any period falling before the order was
made shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Rule.[2]
(2) Any reference in any
enactment (whether passed before or after the commencement of these rules) to
the length of any sentence of imprisonment shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, be construed as a reference to the sentence pronounced by the court
and not the sentence as reduced by this rule.
2 Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Proceedings (Computation of
Sentences) Rules 1968.