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CurrentCautioning to be preferred in certain cases
Part 5Dealing with young offenders without taking court proceedings
Division 1Cautioning
23 Cautioning to be preferred in certain cases
(1)
A member of the Police Force is to use the power to caution in preference to laying a charge against a young person unless because of the number of previous offences with which the person has been charged or for which the person has been dealt with under this Part it would be inappropriate only to give a caution.
(2)
In deciding whether the number of previous offences would make it inappropriate only to give a caution for an offence, the seriousness of the offence and of previous offences is to be taken into account.
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