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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 24

24 Adjournment and release of offender if recognisance entered into

(1) A court may--

(a) adjourn the sentencing of the offender to a time and place ordered by the court; and
(b) release the offender if the offender enters into a recognisance, with or without sureties, in such amount as the court considers appropriate, on the condition that the offender must appear before the court--
(i) to be sentenced at the time and place ordered by the court; or
(ii) if called on before the time ordered by the court for the purposes of section 25.

(2) The adjournment under subsection (1)(a) must not be longer than 6 months after the offender is convicted.



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