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Section 725 — Criminal Code: Other offences

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In determining the sentence, a court shall consider, if it is possible and appropriate to do so, any other offences of which the offender was found guilty by the same court, and shall determine the sentence to be imposed for each of those offences; shall consider, if the Attorney General and the offender consent, any outstanding charges against the offender to which the offender consents to plead guilty and pleads guilty, if the court has jurisdiction to try those charges, and shall determine the sentence to be imposed for each charge unless the court is of the opinion that a separate prosecution for the other offence is necessary in the public interest; shall consider any outstanding charges against the offender, unless the court is of the opinion that a separate prosecution for one or more of the other offences is necessary in the public interest, subject to the following conditions: the Attorney General and the offender consent, the court has jurisdiction to try each charge, each charge has been described in open court, the offender has agreed with the facts asserted in the description of each charge, and the offender has acknowledged having committed the offence described in each charge; and may consider any facts forming part of the circumstances of the offence that could constitute the basis for a separate charge. For the purpose of paragraphs (1)(b) and (b.1), the Attorney General shall take the public interest into account before consenting. The court shall, on the information or indictment, note any outstanding charges considered in determining the sentence under paragraph (1)(b.1), and any facts considered in determining the sentence under paragraph (1)(c),

and no further proceedings may be taken with respect to any offence described in those charges or disclosed by those facts unless the conviction for the offence of which the offender has been found guilty is set aside or quashed on appeal.

Official source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

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