Judgment after sentence deferred

In force

(1)

If an offender is convicted of an offence and sentence is deferred, the court before which the offender was tried, or the Supreme Court, may sentence the offender for the offence at any time afterwards.

(2)

This section does not apply if the court has made a deferred sentence order.

Note

Under a deferred sentence order, sentencing is deferred to a stated time (see s 27) unless the order is cancelled (see s 133).

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39 Judgment after sentence deferred