When a court thinks about giving you a sentence of supervision, they must be sure it will help you. They want to know if supervision will stop you from doing bad things again by helping you get better and become a part of your community again. The court can only give you a sentence of supervision if they think it will really work for you.
This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.
This page was last updated on
View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM136019.
45: Sentence of supervision, or
"When you do something wrong, a court can give you supervision instead of prison time."
47: Sentences of supervision in respect of 2 or more offences must be served concurrently, or
"Serving multiple supervision sentences at the same time, not one after another."
A court may impose a sentence of supervision only if the court is satisfied that a sentence of supervision would reduce the likelihood of further offending by the offender through the rehabilitation and reintegration of the offender.
