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Term of Imprisonment an Inmate
Must Serve Before Day Parole May Be Granted

9. Subject to sections 10 to 11.1, the portion of the term of imprisonment that an inmate must serve before day parole may be granted is as follows: [SOR/79-88]
(a)	revoked [SOR/91-563]
(b)	where the inmate was, on or after October 15, 1977, sentenced to detention in a penitentiary for an indeterminate period, three years;
(c)	where the term of imprisonment imposed on an inmate is twelve years or more, the term of imprisonment prescribed by section 5 minus two years;
(d)	where the term of imprisonment imposed on the inmate is less than twelve years, but is two years or more, one-half the term of imprisonment prescribed by section 5 or six months, whichever is the greater; and
(e)	where the term of imprisonment imposed on the inmate is less than two years, one-half the term of imprisonment prescribed by section 5.
[SOR/91-563]
10. The portion of the term of imprisonment that an inmate sentenced to imprisonment for life, otherwise than as a minimum punishment, must serve before day parole may be granted is five years. [SOR/91-563]
11. Revoked [SOR/91-563]
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