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CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 54C

Court to give reasons if non-custodial sentence imposed

54C Court to give reasons if non-custodial sentence imposed

(1) If the court imposes a non-custodial sentence for an offence set out in the Table to this Division, the court must make a record of its reasons for doing so. The court must identify in the record of its reasons each mitigating factor that it took into account.
(2) The failure of a court to comply with this section does not invalidate the sentence.
(3) In this section--

"non-custodial sentence" means a sentence referred to in Division 3 of Part 2 or a fine.



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