Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

SENTENCING ACT - SECT 9

9. Purpose of orders under this Division

An order may be made under this Division:

(a) to provide for the rehabilitation of an offender by allowing the sentence to be served in the community;

(b) to take account of the trivial, technical or minor nature of the offence committed;

(c) to allow for circumstances in which it is inappropriate to record a conviction;

(d) to allow for circumstances in which it is inappropriate to inflict any punishment other than a nominal punishment; or

(e) to allow for the existence of other extenuating or exceptional circumstances that justify the court showing mercy to an offender.