Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998 (NO. 9 OF 1998) - SECT 2

    This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette .

3.     Principal Act

    In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Crimes Act 1900 . ¹

4.     Substitution

    Section 429 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“429.     Purposes for which sentence imposed

    The only purposes for which a sentence may be imposed are—

        (a)     to punish the offender to an extent and in a way that is just and appropriate in all the circumstances;

        (b)     to deter the offender or other persons from committing the same or a similar offence;

        (c)     to rehabilitate the offender;

        (d)     to make it clear that the community, acting through the court, denounces the type of conduct in which the offender engaged;

        (e)     to protect the community from the offender; or

        (f)     a combination of 2 or more of the purposes referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) inclusive.”.

5.     Matters to which court to have regard

    Section 429A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) paragraphs (i), (j) and (l).

6.     Matters not to be taken into account

    Section 429B of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (e).