Prospective
19Release after three-quarters of sentence servedS
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(1)As soon as a custody and community prisoner has served three-quarters of the prisoner's custody and community sentence, the Scottish Ministers must release the prisoner on community licence.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a prisoner whose licence has been revoked by virtue of section 37(1) or (4).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 power to modify conferred (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2