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  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
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  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the commencement date” means the day on which section 269 comes into force;\n“the early release provisions” means the provisions of section 28(5) to (8) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43);\n“existing prisoner” means a person serving one or more mandatory life sentences passed before the commencement date (whether or not he is also serving any other sentence);\n“life sentence” means a sentence of imprisonment for life or custody for life passed in England and Wales or by a court-martial outside England and Wales;\n“mandatory life sentence” means a life sentence passed in circumstances where the sentence was fixed by law.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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