Action on report by Supreme Court
430 Action on report by Supreme Court
The Full Court must consider the report of a board into an inquiry.
Having regard to the report, the Full Court must, by order—
confirm the conviction; or
confirm the conviction and recommend that the Executive act under either of the following sections of the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 in relation to the convicted person:
section 313 (Remission of penalties);
section 314 (Grant of pardons); or
quash the conviction; or
quash the conviction and order a new trial.
The registrar must give a copy of the order, together with any reasons given for the order, to the Attorney-General and the convicted person.
This section does not give the convicted person a right to an order of the Full Court mentioned in subsection (2) (b), (c) or (d), or to an Executive pardon or remission.
Division 20.5 Application to earlier convictions
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