58Purpose of orders to adjourn, discharge or dismiss

58 Purpose of orders to adjourn, discharge or dismiss

An order under section 7(f) , (g) or (h) 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.