Section 80U — Sentencing Act 2002: Offence to breach post-detention conditions
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80U Offence to breach post-detention conditions (1) An offender commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $1,500, who breaches, without reasonable excuse, any post-detention conditions imposed under section 80N or 80R . (2) In the case of a condition of the kind referred to in section 80P(2)(b) (which involves prescription medication), an offender does not breach his or her conditions for the purposes of this section if he or she withdraws consent to taking prescription medication. Section 80U: inserted, on 1 October 2007, by section 44 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).
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