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Youth Justice Act 2005
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122 Youth offends during adjournment
(a) the Court:
(i) finds a charge proven against a youth; and
(ii) adjourns the matter under section 83(1)(c) or (e); and
(iii) discharges the youth without penalty; and
(b) the youth is subsequently found guilty of an offence committed
during the period of the adjournment.
(2) The Court that finds the youth guilty of the offence referred to in
subsection (1)(b) must, in addition to imposing a penalty in respect
of that offence, impose on the youth any penalty that could have
been imposed in respect of the offence to which subsection (1)(a)
applies.
(3) It is immaterial that the aggregate of both penalties may exceed a
limit referred to in section 83.
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