4Application for declaration that offender is dangerous criminal

4 Application for declaration that offender is dangerous criminal

(1)  An application may be made by the DPP to the Supreme Court for an offender who is convicted of a crime, involving violence or an element of violence, that is specified in the application, to be declared to be a dangerous criminal.

(2)  An application under subsection (1) in relation to an offender who is convicted of a crime specified in the application may be made at any of the following times:

(a) when the offender is convicted of the crime;

(b) when the offender is sentenced for the crime;

(c) when the offender is serving –

(i) a custodial sentence for the crime (whether or not the sentence is being served concurrently with, or cumulatively on, another custodial sentence for another crime or offence); or

(ii) a custodial sentence being served cumulatively on a custodial sentence for the crime to which subparagraph (i) applies (whether or not the sentence is being served concurrently with, or cumulatively on, another custodial sentence for another crime or offence).