Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 26

26 Offender may be called on for sentence

(1) If it is made to appear to the court that convicted the offender, or a court of like jurisdiction, that the offender should be called on to appear and be sentenced for the relevant offence before the time ordered under section 24 (1) (a) , the court may direct that the offender be called on to appear to be sentenced at a time and place ordered by the court.

(2) In sentencing the offender, the court may have regard to whether the offender has taken the steps mentioned in section 25 that are appropriate to the offender’s case.