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CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 10
Dismissal of charges and conditional discharge of offender
10 Dismissal of charges and conditional discharge of offender
(1) Without proceeding to conviction, a court that finds a person guilty of an
offence may make any one of the following orders-- (a) an order directing that
the relevant charge be dismissed,
(b) an order discharging the person under a
conditional release order (in which case the court proceeds to make a
conditional release order under section 9),
(c) an order discharging the
person on condition that the person enter into an agreement to participate in
an intervention program and to comply with any intervention plan arising out
of the program.
(1A) A reference in any legislation (including this Act) to
an order under this section includes, in the case of an order under subsection
(1) (b), a reference to a conditional release order made under section 9
pursuant to that paragraph.
(2) An order referred to in subsection (1) (b)
may be made if the court is satisfied-- (a) that it is inexpedient to inflict
any punishment (other than nominal punishment) on the person, or
(b) that it
is expedient to discharge the person under a conditional release order.
(2A)
An order referred to in subsection (1) (c) may be made if the court is
satisfied that it would reduce the likelihood of the person committing further
offences by promoting the treatment or rehabilitation of the person.
(2B)
Subsection (1) (c) is subject to Part 8C.
(3) In deciding whether to make an
order referred to in subsection (1), the court is to have regard to the
following factors-- (a) the person's character, antecedents, age, health and
mental condition,
(b) the trivial nature of the offence,
(c) the extenuating
circumstances in which the offence was committed,
(d) any other matter that
the court thinks proper to consider.
(4) An order under this section has the
same effect as a conviction-- (a) for the purposes of any law with respect to
the revesting or restoring of stolen property, and
(b) for the purpose of
enabling a court to give directions for compensation under the
Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 , Part 6, and
(c) for the purpose of
enabling a court to give orders with respect to the restitution or delivery of
property or the payment of money in connection with the restitution or
delivery of property.
Note : Certain other Acts and regulations contain
provisions to the effect that an order under this section made in respect of
an offence is to be treated as a conviction for certain purposes of the
legislation concerned. Accordingly, those provisions apply to an order under
subsection (1) (b) in respect of the offence and a conditional release order
made pursuant to that paragraph.
(5) A person with respect to whom an order
under this section is made has the same right to appeal on the ground that the
person is not guilty of the offence as the person would have had if the person
had been convicted of the offence.
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