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Serious firearms offenders

A sentence of imprisonment cannot generally be suspended in relation to a defendant deemed to be a serious firearms offender and for a serious firearms offence - see sections 50 and 51 of the Sentencing Act 2017 (SA).

The court cannot substitute penalties or impose a single penalty under section 25 of the Sentencing Act 2017 (SA) in relation to the penalty otherwise imposed for serious firearm offences [see sections 49 and 51 of the Sentencing Act 2017 (SA)].

See section 49(1) for definitions of serious firearms offence and serious firearms offender.

Serious firearms offenders  :  Last Revised: Thu Apr 19th 2018
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