6. Sentence or detention deemed to have been served

    If the deportation of a prisoner released under section 4(4) is effected within the period of time specified in the order for release, the prisoner ¾

    (a) shall be regarded as having served his or her term of imprisonment or detention during the Governor's pleasure in a prison, as the case may be; and

    (b) by force of this section is wholly discharged from that imprisonment or detention and in the case of an habitual criminal ceases to be an habitual criminal.

    [Section 6 amended by No. 17 of 1991 s. 7.]


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