";s:4:"text";s:2284:"If a person who is charged with an offence is found guilty or pleads guilty, the court may discharge the offender without conviction, unless by any enactment applicable to the offence the court is required to impose a minimum sentence. Note: This section explains about sentencing generally, including the different types of sentences that can be given and the factors that judges take into account. Section 123B: inserted, on 1 July 2010, by section 4 of the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2009 (2009 No 44). Offender subject to community-based sentence under Criminal Justice Act 1985 sentenced to further community-based sentence after commencement date [Repealed] 152 Section 86 not to apply to offender convicted of offence committed … Section 9(5) : inserted , on 1 July 2013 , by section 4(3) of the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 93). Section 123B(1)(a): amended, on 1 July 2019, by section 64(1) of the Family Violence (Amendments) Act 2018 (2018 No 47). Section 9(4A)(b) : replaced , on 1 July 2017 , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
It provides for 17-year minimum non-parole terms for murder where certain aggravating features are …