Statute
Section 17 — Sentencing Act 2002: Imprisonment may be imposed if offender unlikely to comply with other sentences
Text of the provision Official document
17 Imprisonment may be imposed if offender unlikely to comply with other sentences Nothing in this Part limits the discretion of a court to impose a sentence of imprisonment on an offender if the court is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the offender is unlikely to comply with any other sentence that it could lawfully impose and that would otherwise be appropriate. Compare: 1985 No 120 s 9
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