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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992

sec.31Recognisance—summary conviction

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### sec.31 Recognisance—summary conviction An offender convicted summarily may, instead of being sentenced to punishment to which the offender is liable, be released if the offender enters into a recognisance, with or without sureties, in such amount as the court considers appropriate, on the conditions that the offender keep the peace and be of good behaviour for a period (not longer than 1 year) fixed by the court.

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