Section 103 — Sentencing Act 2002: Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment if life imprisonment imposed for murder

103 Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment if life imprisonment imposed for murder (1) If a court sentences an offender convicted of murder to imprisonment for life it must order that the offender serve a minimum period of imprisonment under that sentence. (2) The minimum term of imprisonment ordered may not be less than 10 years, and must be the minimum term of imprisonment that the court considers necessary to satisfy all or any of the following purposes:— (a) holding the offender accountable for the harm done to the victim and the community by the offending: (b) denouncing the conduct in which the offender was involved: (c) deterring the offender or other persons from committing the same or a similar offence: (d) protecting the community from the offender. (3) [Repealed] (4) [Repealed] (5) [Repealed] (6) [Repealed] (7) This section is subject to section 104 . Subsections (1) and (2) were substituted, as from 7 July 2004, by section 12 Sentencing Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 68). Subsections (3) to (6) were repealed, as from 7 July 2004, by section 12 Sentencing Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 68).