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Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
4ADomestic violence offenders—requirement for full-time detention or supervision
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#### 4A Domestic violence offenders—requirement for full-time detention or supervision
4A Domestic violence offenders—requirement for full-time detention or supervision
> > (1) If a court finds a person guilty of a domestic violence offence, the court must impose on the person either—
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> > > (a) a sentence of full-time detention, or
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> > > (b) a supervised order.
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> > (2) However, the court is not required to impose either of those sentencing options if the court is satisfied that a different sentencing option is more appropriate in the circumstances and gives reasons for reaching that view.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this section, a supervised order is an order (being an intensive correction order, community correction order or conditional release order) that is subject to a supervision condition.
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> **s 4A:** Ins 2017 No 53, Sch 1 \[4\].