Crimes Act 1914
Part IB
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Sentencing, imprisonment and release of federal offenders
Division 3
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Sentences of imprisonment
SECTION 17B
Restriction on imposing sentences for certain minor offences
(1)
If:
(a) a person is convicted of one or more section 17B offences relating to property, money or both, whose total value is not more than $2,000; and
(b) the person has not previously been sentenced to imprisonment for any federal, State or Territory offence;
(2)
In calculating the total value for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a section 17B offence which the court, with the consent of the person charged, has taken into account in passing sentence on the person for another federal offence (whether a section 17B offence or not) is taken to be an offence of which the person is convicted.
(3)
In this section:
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(a) a person is convicted of one or more section 17B offences relating to property, money or both, whose total value is not more than $2,000; and
(b) the person has not previously been sentenced to imprisonment for any federal, State or Territory offence;
the court convicting the person is not to pass a sentence of imprisonment for that offence, or for any of those offences, unless the court is satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances that warrant it.
(2)
In calculating the total value for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a section 17B offence which the court, with the consent of the person charged, has taken into account in passing sentence on the person for another federal offence (whether a section 17B offence or not) is taken to be an offence of which the person is convicted.
(3)
In this section:
section
17B offence
means an offence against section
29
of this Act, an offence against section
131.1
,
132.1
,
132.6
,
132.7
,
134.1
,
134.2
,
135.1
,
135.2
,
135.4
,
145.4
or
145.5
of the
Criminal
Code
, or an offence against a provision of a federal law prescribed
for the purposes of this section.
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