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CurrentRecognisance—summary conviction
Part 3Releases, restitution and compensation
Division 3Release on entering into recognisance
31 Recognisance—summary conviction
An offender convicted summarily may, instead of being sentenced to punishment to which the offender is liable, be released if the offender enters into a recognisance, with or without sureties, in such amount as the court considers appropriate, on the conditions that the offender keep the peace and be of good behaviour for a period (not longer than 1 year) fixed by the court.
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