SENTENCING ACT 1997 - SECT 58 Purpose of orders to adjourn, discharge or dismiss
SENTENCING ACT 1997 - SECT 58
Division 2 - Adjournments, discharge or dismissal Purpose of orders to adjourn, discharge or dismiss
An order under section 7(f) , (g) or (h) may be made for such one or more of the following purposes, as is relevant in the circumstances, as the court thinks fit:(a) to provide for the rehabilitation of an offender by allowing the offender's sentence to be served in the community unsupervised;(b) to take account of the trivial, technical or minor nature of the offence committed by an offender;(c) to allow for circumstances in which it may be inappropriate to record a conviction against an offender;(d) to allow for circumstances in which it may be inappropriate to inflict any punishment other than a nominal punishment on an offender;(e) to allow for the existence of other extenuating or exceptional circumstances that may justify the court showing mercy to an offender.