BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE viii
LAW AS TO PUNISHMENTS
Alternative Discretionary Powers as to Punishments
123. Imposition of alternative punishments.
The court before which a person is convicted of any offence, punishable otherwise than with death, or by a minimum term of imprisonment may, according to the circumstances of the case, substitute for a punishment assigned by this Code a different punishment, as follows —
(1) the court may substitute a fine, which in the case of a summary offence shall not exceed five hundred dollars;
(2) the court may order that, in lieu of or in addition to any other punishment, he enter into his own recognisance, with or without sureties, for keeping the peace and being of good behaviour;
and that, in default of such recognisance or sureties, he be imprisoned, in addition to the term, if any, of imprisonment to which he is sentenced, for any term not exceeding twelve months in the case of a conviction before the Supreme Court, or three months in the case of a conviction before a magistrate’s court, not exceeding in either case the term for which he is liable to be imprisoned for the offence of which he is convicted .
Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings
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