s. s. 27 27 * * * * * Pt 3 Div. 2 Subdiv. (2A) (Heading and ss 26L–26ZR) inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 14, amended by No. 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. items repealed by No. 48/2011 s. 19. Subdivision (3)—Suspended sentences of imprisonment 27 Suspended sentence of imprisonment (1) On sentencing an offender to a term of S. 27(1) substituted by imprisonment a court may make an order No. 48/1997 suspending, for a period specified by the court, the s. 14(2). whole or a part of the sentence if it is satisfied that it is desirable to do so in the circumstances. (1A) In considering whether it is desirable in the S. 27(1A) inserted by circumstances to make an order suspending a No. 82/2006 sentence of imprisonment, a court must have s. 4(1). regard to— (a) the need, considering the nature of the offence, its impact on any victim of the offence and any injury, loss or damage resulting directly from the offence, to ensure that the sentence— (i) adequately manifests the denunciation by the court of the type of conduct in which the offender engaged; and (ii) adequately deters the offender or other persons from committing offences of the same or a similar character; and (iii) reflects the gravity of the offence; and
Pt 3 Div. 2 Subdiv. (2A) (Heading and ss 26L–26ZR) inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 14, amended by No. 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. items repealed by No. 48/2011 s. 19. * * * * * Subdivision (3)—Suspended sentences of imprisonment 27 Suspended sentence of imprisonment s. 27 S. 27(1) substituted by No. 48/1997 s. 14(2). (1) On sentencing an offender to a term of imprisonment a court may make an order suspending, for a period specified by the court, the whole or a part of the sentence if it is satisfied that it is desirable to do so in the circumstances. S. 27(1A) inserted by No. 82/2006 s. 4(1). (1A) In considering whether it is desirable in the circumstances to make an order suspending a sentence of imprisonment, a court must have regard to— (a) the need, considering the nature of the offence, its impact on any victim of the offence and any injury, loss or damage resulting directly from the offence, to ensure that the sentence— (i) adequately manifests the denunciation by the court of the type of conduct in which the offender engaged; and s. 27 (ii) adequately deters the offender or other persons from committing offences of the same or a similar character; and (iii) reflects the gravity of the offence; and