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CRIMINAL LAW (SENTENCING) (NO CONVICTION ON ELECTION TO BE PROSECUTED) AMENDMENT BILL 2011

South Australia

Criminal Law (Sentencing) (No Conviction on Election to be Prosecuted) Amendment Bill 2011

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988.


Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
2Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988
3Amendment of section 16—Imposition of penalty without conviction


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Sentencing) (No Conviction on Election to be Prosecuted) Amendment Act 2011.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988

3—Amendment of section 16—Imposition of penalty without conviction

Section 16—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

(2) If a person elects to be prosecuted for an offence in relation to which the person has been issued an expiation notice and the court finds the person guilty of the offence and proposes to impose a fine, a sentence of community service, or both, the court may not record a conviction.

 


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