(a) to punish the offender to an extent and in a manner which is just in all of the circumstances; or (b) to deter the offender or other persons from committing offences of the same or a similar character; or (c) to establish conditions within which it is considered by the court that the rehabilitation of the offender may be facilitated; or (d) to manifest the denunciation by the court of the type of conduct in which the offender engaged; or (e) to protect the community from the offender; or (f) a combination of two or more of those purposes. (2AA) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, in S. 5(2AA) inserted by sentencing an offender a court must not have No. 48/1997 regard to— s. 5. (a) any possibility or likelihood that the length of time actually spent in custody by the offender will be affected by executive action of any kind; or (b) any sentencing practices arising at any time S. 5(2AA)(b) amended by out of section 10 of this Act as in force at No. 69/2014 any time before its expiry on 22 April 1997. s. 7. (2AB) If, in sentencing an offender, a court imposes a S. 5(2AB) inserted by less severe sentence than it would otherwise have No. 69/1997 imposed because of an undertaking given by the s. 4. offender to assist, after sentencing, law enforcement authorities in the investigation or prosecution of an offence, the court must announce that it is doing so and cause to be noted in the records of the court the fact that the undertaking was given and its details.
(a) to punish the offender to an extent and in a manner which is just in all of the circumstances; or (b) to deter the offender or other persons from committing offences of the same or a similar character; or (c) to establish conditions within which it is considered by the court that the rehabilitation of the offender may be facilitated; or (d) to manifest the denunciation by the court of the type of conduct in which the offender engaged; or (e) to protect the community from the offender; or (f) a combination of two or more of those purposes. S. 5(2AA) inserted by No. 48/1997 s. 5. (2AA) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, in sentencing an offender a court must not have regard to— (a) any possibility or likelihood that the length of time actually spent in custody by the offender will be affected by executive action of any kind; or S. 5(2AA)(b) amended by No. 69/2014 s. 7. (b) any sentencing practices arising at any time out of section 10 of this Act as in force at any time before its expiry on 22 April 1997. S. 5(2AB) inserted by No. 69/1997 s. 4. (2AB) If, in sentencing an offender, a court imposes a less severe sentence than it would otherwise have imposed because of an undertaking given by the offender to assist, after sentencing, law enforcement authorities in the investigation or prosecution of an offence, the court must announce that it is doing so and cause to be noted in the records of the court the fact that the undertaking was given and its details.
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