(1) Serving a sentence of imprisonment includes being subject to so much of the period of the sentence of imprisonment as involves a potential deprivation of liberty.
Note: While a person is subject to a suspended sentence of imprisonment, he or she is treated under this Act as a prisoner serving that sentence of imprisonment.
(2) The suspended part of a sentence of imprisonment is so much of the period of the sentence of imprisonment as:
(a) involves a potential deprivation of liberty; and
(b) is not a period of release on parole.