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Act index » Part 3 - Sentences » Division 2 - Custodial orders Subdivision (1)—Imprisonment
10 Custodial sentence must be imposed for causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence
(1)In sentencing an offender for an offence against section 15A or 15B of the Crimes Act 1958 (whether on appeal or otherwise), a court must impose a term of imprisonment and fix under section 11 a non-parole period of not less than 4 years unless the court finds under section 10A that a special reason exists.
Section 11(3) requires that a non-parole period must be at least 6 months less than the term of the sentence.