Section 19 — Sentencing Act 2002: Permitted combinations of sentences
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19 Permitted combinations of sentences (1) No court may impose a combination of sentences of different types on an offender in respect of 1 or more offences except as provided in this section. (2) A sentence of reparation may be imposed with any sentence. (3) A sentence of a fine may be imposed with any sentence, but may only be imposed with a sentence of imprisonment in respect of a particular offence if authorised by the enactment specifying the offence. (4) A sentence of supervision may be combined with any sentence except intensive supervision, home detention, or imprisonment. (5) A sentence of community work, subject to section 20(2) , may be combined with any sentence except imprisonment. (6) A sentence of community detention may be combined with any sentence except home detention or imprisonment. (7) A sentence of intensive supervision may be combined with any sentence except supervision, home detention, or imprisonment. (8) A sentence of home detention may be combined with a sentence of reparation, a fine, or community work. (9) A sentence of imprisonment may be combined with a sentence of reparation or, subject to subsection (3), a fine. Section 19: substituted, on 1 October 2007, by section 11 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).
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