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CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997 - SECT 39

Principle to be applied

    (1)     In deciding whether to make, vary or revoke a supervision order, to remand a person in custody, to grant a person extended leave or to revoke a grant of extended leave under this Act, the court must apply the principle that restrictions on a person's freedom and personal autonomy should be kept to the minimum consistent with the safety of the community.

S. 39(2) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 126.

    (2)     In subsection (1), "supervision order" includes an order made under section 38ZH.



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