Part 9Sentencing: Principles and Procedures
Chapter 1Principles and Procedures applying to Service Courts and Summary Hearings
Reasons
253Duties in complying with section 252
(1)
In complying with section 252(1)(a) an officer or the Summary Appeal Court must—
F1(a)
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(b)
if section 239 (guilty pleas) applies and as a result of taking into account a matter mentioned in section 239(2) the officer or court has imposed a punishment on the offender which is less severe than the punishment that would otherwise have been imposed, state that fact;
F2(c)
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F2(d)
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(2)
In complying with section 252(1)(a) a court other than the Summary Appeal Court must—
(a)
where guidelines indicate that a sentence of a particular kind, or within a particular range, would normally be appropriate for the offence and the sentence is of a different kind or is outside that range, state the court's reasons for deciding on a sentence of a different kind or outside that range;
F3(b)
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(c)
if section 239 (guilty pleas) applies and as a result of taking into account a matter mentioned in section 239(2) the court has imposed a punishment on the offender which is less severe than the punishment it would otherwise have imposed, state that fact;
F4(d)
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F4(e)
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F4(f)
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F4(g)
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F4(h)
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(3)
In this section “guidelines” has the same meaning as in section 259.