s. 27 (d) the degree of risk of the offender committing another offence punishable by imprisonment during the operational period of the sentence, if it were to be suspended. (1B) Nothing in subsection (1A) limits or affects Part 2. S. 27(1B) inserted by No. 82/2006 s. 4(1). (2) A court may only make an order suspending a S. 27(2) substituted by sentence of imprisonment if the period of No. 48/1997 imprisonment imposed, or the aggregate period of s. 14(2). imprisonment where the offender is convicted of more than one offence in the proceeding— (a) does not exceed 3 years in the case of the Supreme Court or the County Court; and (b) does not exceed 2 years in the case of the Magistrates' Court. (2A) The period for which the whole or a part of a S. 27(2A) inserted by sentence of imprisonment may be suspended is— No. 48/1997 s. 14(2). (a) the length of the suspended term of imprisonment; or (b) another period specified by the court not exceeding 3 years, in the case of the Supreme Court or the County Court, or 2 years, in the case of the Magistrates' Court— whichever is the longer. (2B) Despite subsection (1), a court must not make an S. 27(2B) inserted by order suspending the whole or a part of a sentence No. 82/2006 of imprisonment imposed on an offender for a s. 4(2), substituted by serious offence or for a significant offence. No. 77/2010 s. 12(1) (as Note amended by No. 9/2011 A suspended sentence may be available for a serious offence s. 4). or for a significant offence committed before the commencement of section 12 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2010.
(d) the degree of risk of the offender committing another offence punishable by imprisonment during the operational period of the sentence, if it were to be suspended. S. 27(1B) inserted by No. 82/2006 s. 4(1). (1B) Nothing in subsection (1A) limits or affects Part 2. S. 27(2) substituted by No. 48/1997 s. 14(2). (2) A court may only make an order suspending a sentence of imprisonment if the period of imprisonment imposed, or the aggregate period of imprisonment where the offender is convicted of more than one offence in the proceeding— (a) does not exceed 3 years in the case of the Supreme Court or the County Court; and (b) does not exceed 2 years in the case of the Magistrates' Court. S. 27(2A) inserted by No. 48/1997 s. 14(2). (2A) The period for which the whole or a part of a sentence of imprisonment may be suspended is— (a) the length of the suspended term of imprisonment; or (b) another period specified by the court not exceeding 3 years, in the case of the Supreme Court or the County Court, or 2 years, in the case of the Magistrates' Court— s. 27 whichever is the longer. S. 27(2B) inserted by No. 82/2006 s. 4(2), substituted by No. 77/2010 s. 12(1) (as amended by No. 9/2011 s. 4). (2B) Despite subsection (1), a court must not make an order suspending the whole or a part of a sentence of imprisonment imposed on an offender for a serious offence or for a significant offence. Note A suspended sentence may be available for a serious offence or for a significant offence committed before the commencement of section 12 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2010.
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