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Vanuatu Consolidated Legislation - 1988 |
Commencement: 24 January 1972
Repealed: 12 February 2007
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 67
SUSPENSION OF SENTENCES
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
1. Provision for suspension of sentences
3. Power to impose substituted or alternative penalty of fine
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SUSPENSION OF SENTENCES
To provide for the suspension of sentences and the imposition of alternative penalties.
PROVISION FOR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCES
(a) when the court which has convicted a person of an offence considers that, in view of the circumstances and in particular the nature of the crime and the character of the offender, it is not appropriate to make him suffer a penalty it may in its discretion order the suspension of the execution of any sentence it has imposed upon him, on the condition that the person sentenced commits no further offence against any Act, regulation, rule or order within a period which shall be fixed by the court, not exceeding 3 years;
(b) if, at the end of such period, the person the execution of whose sentence has been suspended in accordance with this section shall not have been convicted of any further offence against any Act, regulation, rule or order, the sentence shall be deemed to be annulled;
(c) if, before the end of such period, the person the execution of whose sentence has been suspended in accordance with this section is further convicted of any offence against any Act, regulation, rule or order, the original sentence shall be immediately executed, in no case concurrently with any subsequent sentence;
(d) the court shall, when ordering the suspension of the execution of the sentence, explain clearly to the person sentenced the nature of the order and shall ascertain that he has understood its meaning.
POWER TO IMPOSE SUBSTITUTED OR ALTERNATIVE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT
POWER TO IMPOSE SUBSTITUTED OR ALTERNATIVE PENALTY OF FINE
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