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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 166

Adjournment

166 Adjournment

A court may impose an indefinite sentence on the offender only if—

(a) the offender is advised at, or shortly after, the time of conviction that the court may consider imposing an indefinite sentence on—
(i) its own initiative; or
(ii) an application made by counsel for the prosecution; and
(b) the court has, after advising the offender under paragraph (a) , adjourned the offender’s sentencing for not less than 20 business days from the day of conviction of the qualifying offence so that evidence on sentence may be received by the court.



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