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Misuse of Drugs Act 1990
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27 Certain proceedings relating to sentence
(1) A court before which a person is found guilty of an offence against
this Act may, with the consent of the prosecution and the
defendant, determine the question of sentence otherwise than in
open court.
(3) In determining the question of sentence pursuant to this section:
(a) the proceedings shall be as prescribed by the rules of the
court or, if no procedure is so prescribed, as the court directs;
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(b) the proceedings shall be heard in the presence of only such
persons as the court thinks fit;
(c) the court may receive and act on such information as it thinks
fit;
(d) no transcript shall be made of the proceedings unless directed
by the court; and
(e) no notice or report relating to the proceedings shall be
published and no record of the proceedings (other than the
order as to the sentence to be imposed) shall be available for
search by a person except by direction of the court.