24Suspended sentence to be conditional

24 Suspended sentence to be conditional

[Section 24 Substituted by No. 76 of 2009, s. 31, Applied:01 Jan 2011]

(1)  If a court makes an order suspending the whole or a part of a sentence of imprisonment, the order is subject to the condition that the offender does not commit another offence punishable by imprisonment during the period the order is in force.

(2)  In addition to the conditions specified in subsection (1) , an order suspending the whole or a part of a sentence of imprisonment may be subject to any one or more of the following conditions:

(a) [Section 24 Subsection (2) amended by No. 51 of 2017, s. 9, Applied:14 Dec 2018] that the offender is to perform community service for the number of hours, specified in the order, that are within a period specified in the order;

(b) that the offender is subject to the supervision of a probation officer;

(c) that the offender is required to undertake a rehabilitation program;

(d) any other condition as the court considers necessary or expedient.

(3)  A condition imposed under subsection (1) or (2) may in itself be made subject to any condition as the court considers necessary or expedient.

(4)  [Section 24 Subsection (4) amended by No. 51 of 2017, s. 9, Applied:14 Dec 2018] If a suspended sentence is, before the commencement of section 27Y , made conditional on the performance of community service, the following sections apply with such modifications as are necessary and, in particular, a reference to a community service order in those sections is taken to be a reference to the condition imposing community service:

(a) section 28(b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , (f) and (g) ;

(b) , , and ;