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SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 16

16 .         Adjourning sentencing

        (1)         A court may adjourn the sentencing of an offender —

            (a)         to obtain information about the offence, the offender or a victim; or

            (b)         to allow a pre-sentence report to be prepared for the court under Division 3; or

            (c)         to enable a victim impact statement to be given to the court under Division 4; or

            (d)         to allow a mediation report to be prepared for the court under Division 5; or

            (e)         to allow a list of pending charges to be prepared under Division 6; or

            (f)         for the making or determination of an application under a written law for the confiscation or forfeiture to the State (otherwise than under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 ) of property legitimately owned by the offender and used in, or in connection with, the commission of the offence; or

            (g)         for any other reason the court thinks is proper.

        (2)         The sentencing of an offender must not be adjourned for more than 6 months after the offender is convicted.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not prevent a court sentencing an offender more than 6 months after the offender is convicted.

        [Section 16 amended: No. 26 of 2004 s. 8; No. 41 of 2006 s. 71(2).]



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