Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 Explanatory Notes

Section 19 - Release after three-quarters of sentence served

49.Subsection (1) provides that the Scottish Ministers must release the prisoner on a community licence once three-quarters of the sentence have been served. Subsection (2) provides that the obligation to release at the three-quarter point does not apply in the case of an offender who has been recalled to custody in consequence of the revocation of a community licence by virtue of section 37(1) or (4) of the Act.

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