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TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 14

14.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, [the Crown Court] or a
magistrates' court may defer passing sentence on an offender for the purpose
of enabling the court to have regard, in determining his sentence, to his
conduct after conviction (including, where appropriate, the making by him of
reparation for his offence) or to any change in his circumstances.

(2) Any deferment under this Article shall be until such date as may be
specified by the court, not being more than six months after the date of the
conviction; and where the passing of sentence has been deferred under this
Article it shall not be further deferred thereunder.

(3) The power conferred by this Article shall be exercisable only if the
offender consents and the court is satisfied, having regard to the nature of
the offence and the character and circumstances of the offender, that it would
be in the interests of justice to exercise the power.

(4) A court which under this Article has deferred passing sentence on an
offender may pass sentence on him before the expiration of the period of
deferment if during that period he is convicted in Northern Ireland of any
offence.

(5) Where a court which under this Article has deferred passing sentence on an
offender proposes to sentence him, whether on the date originally specified by
the court or by virtue of paragraph (4) before that date, it may issue a
summons requiring him to appear before the court, or may issue a warrant for
his arrest.

(6) Nothing in this Article shall affect the power of [the Crown Court] to
bind over an offender to come up for judgment when called upon or the power of
any court to defer passing sentence for any purpose for which it may lawfully
do so apart from this Article.

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