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eId="part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Sentencing</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-1-crossheading-purposes-of-sentencing"><heading>Purposes of sentencing</heading><section eId="section-4" uk:target="true"><num>4</num><heading>Purposes of sentencing</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><mod>In section 57(2)(d) of the Sentencing Code (purposes of sentencing: protection of the public), after “public” insert <quotedText>“(including victims of crime)”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In section 237(1)(e) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (purposes of sentencing: protection of the public), after “public” insert <quotedText>“(including victims of crime)”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>