Section 393: Power of magistrates' court to dispense with recognizance

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 12: Miscellaneous provision about sentencing — CHAPTER 5: Recognizances

This section applies where under an enactment, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, an offender sentenced on summary conviction to imprisonment or a fine is required to enter into a recognizance with or without sureties to—

keep the peace, or
observe any other condition.

The magistrates' court which convicted the offender may dispense with or modify the requirement.

In subsection (1) “enactment” includes an enactment contained in a local Act or in any order, regulation or other instrument having effect by virtue of an Act.

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