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STATUTES AMENDMENT (SENTENCING OF SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 (NO 31 OF 2005) - SECT 4

4—Amendment of section 10—Matters to which a sentencing court should have regard

        (1)         Section 10(1)—after paragraph (eb) insert:

            (ec)         in the case of a sexual offence committed against a child—the need to give proper effect to the policy stated in subsection (4);

        (2)         Section 10—afer the examples following subsection (3) insert:

        (4)         A primary policy of the criminal law is to protect children from sexual predators by ensuring that, in any sentence for an offence involving sexual exploitation of a child, paramount consideration is given to the need for deterrence.



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