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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

151B: Before Clause 60, insert the following new Clause— ““Short prison sentences A court may not pass a sentence of immediate imprisonment for a term of less than six months unless it considers that no other method of dealing with the offender is appropriate, and must state the reasons for its opinion in open court in accordance with the provisions of section 174 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (duty to give reasons for, and explain effect of, sentence).””
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
736 c788-9 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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