Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005
9Imposition of penalties
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9 Imposition of penalties (1) The penalty a court may impose for an offence is the penalty provided under this Act or any other territory law. (2) Chapter 4 (Sentencing procedures generally) applies to the imposition of all penalties imposed by a court, whether under this Act or otherwise. Note 1 Under this Act, a court has the following sentencing and non-conviction options: • imprisonment served by full-time detention at a correctional centre or detention place (see s 10, ch 5 and s 133H) • imprisonment served by intensive correction (see s 11) • suspension of a sentence of imprisonment (see s 12) • drug and alcohol treatment order (see s 12A, pt 4.2B and pt 5.4A) • good behaviour order (see s 13 and ch 6) • fine order (see s 14 and s 15) • driver licence disqualification order (see s 16) • non-conviction order (see s 17 and s 18) • reparation order (see s 19, s 20 and ch 7) • non-association order (see pt 3.4) • place restriction order (see pt 3.4) • deferred sentence order (see s 27 and ch 8)
General Part 3.1 • therapeutic correction orders (young offenders only) (see pt 8A.2A) • accommodation order (young offenders only) (see pt 8A.3). Note 2 A court may also impose a combination sentence combining 2 or more of the options listed in note 1 (other than imprisonment served by intensive correction) or otherwise available under a territory law (see pt 3.6).