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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter VII : Release from a Correctional Centre and Placement under Correctional Supervision and on Day Parole and Parole

80. Special remission of sentence for highly meritorious service

 

1) A Correctional Supervision and Parole Board may, on the recommendation of the National Commissioner, grant to a sentenced offender, except to a person serving a life sentence or a sentence in terms of section 286A of the Criminal Procedure Act, who has acted highly meritoriously, special remission of sentence not exceeding two years either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Board may determine.

 

2) Special remission in terms of this section may not result in the sentenced offender serving less than a stipulated non-parole period or, if no such period has been stipulated, the period determined by the National Council in terms of section 73A.