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Term of Imprisonment an Inmate
Must Serve in Respect of Violent Conduct Before
Full Parole May Be Granted

8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where an inmate on whom a sentence of imprisonment of five years or more has been imposed for an offence for which he was liable to imprisonment for ten years or more and the offence involved conduct that
(a)	seriously endangered the life or safety of any person,
(b)	resulted in serious bodily harm to any person, or
(c)	resulted in severe psychological damage to any person, the portion of the term of imprisonment that the inmate must serve before full parole may be granted is one-half of the term of imprisonment so imposed or seven years, whichever is the lesser.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to an inmate unless the inmate has been convicted of the offence referred to in that subsection after the coming into force of these Regulations and within ten years of the expiration of a term of imprisonment imposed on that inmate of five years or more for an offence for which he was liable to imprisonment for ten years or more that involved conduct described in paragraph (1)((a), (b) or (c).
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