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10AB Custodial sentence for offence of contravening supervision order or interim supervision order under Serious Offenders Act 2018

(1)Subject to subsection (2), in sentencing an offender for an offence against section 169 of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 (whether on appeal or otherwise), a court must impose a term of imprisonment of not less than 12 months unless the court finds under section 10A that a special reason exists.
S. 10AB(1) amended by No. 27/2018 s. 364(4).
1Section 11(1) requires the court to fix a non-parole period in the case of a sentence of 2 years imprisonment or more.
2Section 11(2) enables the court to fix a non-parole period in the case of a sentence of imprisonment of
1year or more but less than 2 years.
3Section 11(3) requires that a non-parole period must be at least 6 months less than the term of the sentence.
(2)Subsection (1) applies only if the court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the offender intentionally or recklessly contravened a restrictive condition of the supervision order or interim supervision order.
S. 10AB(2) amended by No. 27/2018 s. 364(5).
(3)In this section, interim supervision order, restrictive condition and supervision order have the same meaning as in the Serious Offenders Act 2018.
S. 10AB(3) substituted by No. 27/2018 s. 364(6).