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Offences Against the Human Body
Someone already serving a life sentence who commits murder is punished with death or life imprisonment (meaning the remainder of their natural life).
This creates a specific enhanced provision for murder committed by someone already serving a life sentence, ensuring the "remainder of natural life" interpretation applies (rather than any possibility of a shorter effective term).
This is why a prisoner already serving a life sentence who commits another murder (say, of a fellow inmate) faces the harshest possible sentencing consequences under this specific provision.