Part 9

Sentencing: Principles and Procedures
Chapter 1

Principles and Procedures applying to Service Courts and Summary Hearings

Savings

Savings for powers to mitigate sentence etc
254
1
Nothing in any of sections 242, 243, 248, 249, 250, 256, 258, 260, 261, 265 and 270 prevents a court or officer from mitigating an offender's sentence by taking into account any such matters as, in the court's or officer's opinion, are relevant in mitigation of sentence.
2
Nothing in those sections prevents a court or officer from mitigating any punishment included in an offender's sentence by taking into account any other punishment included in that sentence.
3
Nothing in those sections or section 255 prevents a court, in the case of an offender who is convicted of one or more other offences, from mitigating his sentence by applying any rule of law as to the totality of sentences.
4
Subsections (2) and (3) do not affect the generality of subsection (1).
S. 254 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
Pt. 9 modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2041), art. 1, s. 163
S. 254 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4