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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Miscellaneous, transitional, and savings provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

143A: Sentencing following finding or verdict of guilt on more than 1 charge

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"What happens when you're guilty of more than one charge and get one sentence for all of them"

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If you are found guilty of more than one charge, you might get one sentence that covers all of them. This sentence is lawful if any of the charges you were found guilty of would have been enough to justify the sentence on its own. You can find more information about this by looking at the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 which changed the law on this point.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Miscellaneous, transitional, and savings provisions: Miscellaneous provisions

143ASentencing following finding or verdict of guilt on more than 1 charge

  1. If 1 sentence is imposed following a finding of guilt or verdict of guilty on more than 1 charge, the sentence is lawful if any of those charges would have justified the sentence.

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  • Section 143A: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 93).