(1) Release on licence from a principal penalty may not be granted before service of half the sentence, or of the aggregate of consecutive sentences, regard being had to remissions if any. It may not be granted to a recidivist before service of two-thirds of the sentence.
(2) A person under preventive confinement may not be granted release on licence before service of 5 (five) years of the sentence.
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In force from 12-07-2016
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