Section 4
Section 4
Notwithstanding that an application for pardon has been determined in accordance with Article 42 of the Federal Constitution, the Federal Court shall, in addition to the powers conferred on it under any written law, have the power to review the sentence of imprisonment for natural life of any person who is serving that sentence under any written law and has exhausted all other judicial proceedings before the coming into operation of this Act.
(2)
In exercising its powers under subsection (1), the Federal
Court shall only review the term of the sentence of imprisonment for natural life.
(3)
For the purpose of determining the term of the sentence of imprisonment for natural life, the Federal Court shall call for and examine the record of proceedings, grounds of judgment and other relevant documents, if any.
(4)
Upon reviewing the application, the Federal Court shall substitute the sentence of imprisonment for natural life with imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty years but not exceeding forty years.
(5)
For the purposes of this Act, “imprisonment for natural life”
means imprisonment until the death of the person on whom the sentence is imposed.