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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
22APower to reduce penalties for facilitating the administration of justice
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#### 22A Power to reduce penalties for facilitating the administration of justice
22A Power to reduce penalties for facilitating the administration of justice
> > (1) A court may impose a lesser penalty than it would otherwise impose on an offender who was tried on indictment having regard to the degree to which the administration of justice has been facilitated by the defence (whether by disclosures made pre-trial or during the trial or otherwise).
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> > (2) A lesser penalty that is imposed under this section in relation to an offence must not be unreasonably disproportionate to the nature and circumstances of the offence.
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> **s 22A:** Ins 2001 No 7, Sch 3 \[1\]. Am 2010 No 136, Sch 1.2 \[3\].