58Purpose of orders to adjourn, discharge or dismiss

### 58 Purpose of orders to adjourn, discharge or dismiss > An order under [section 7(f)](#GS7@Hpf@EN) , [(g)](#GS7@Hpg@EN) or [(h)](#GS7@Hph@EN) may be made for such one or more of the following purposes, as is relevant in the circumstances, as the court thinks fit: > > > > (a) to provide for the rehabilitation of an offender by allowing the offender's sentence to be served in the community unsupervised; > > > > > (b) to take account of the trivial, technical or minor nature of the offence committed by an offender; > > > > > (c) to allow for circumstances in which it may be inappropriate to record a conviction against an offender; > > > > > (d) to allow for circumstances in which it may be inappropriate to inflict any punishment other than a nominal punishment on an offender; > > > > > (e) to allow for the existence of other extenuating or exceptional circumstances that may justify the court showing mercy to an offender.