Public Prosecutor v Thomas Vola [1981] PNGLR 412
| Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
| Citation | [1981] PNGLR 412 |
| Date | 19 October 1981 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Year | 1981 |
Full Title: Public Prosecutor v Thomas Vola [1981] PNGLR 412
Supreme Court: Kapi J, Pratt J, Miles J
Judgment Delivered: 19 October 1981
1 Criminal law—rape—sentence—power to suspend portion of sentence—procedure to be adopted
2 CRIMINAL LAW—Sentence—Suspending portion of term of imprisonment—Proper basis and procedure for—Criminal Code s19(f).
The proviso to s19(f) provides: Provided that whenever the court shall sentence any person so convicted to a term of imprisonment, it may further order that the offender be imprisoned for such portion of that term as it shall think fit and that the execution of the sentence for the remaining portion thereof be suspended upon his entering into a recognizance, with sureties if so directed, as aforesaid but further conditioned that, if called upon, he shall appear and receive judgment in respect of his service of the portion of his sentence so suspended and any judge of the court may, upon being satisfied that the offender has committed a breach of any of the conditions of the recognizance, forfeit the recognizance and commit him to prison to undergo the portion of his sentence so suspended or any part thereof.
The power of a sentencing judge to suspend portion of a term of imprisonment pursuant to the proviso to s19(f) of the Criminal Code is discretionary and must be exercised upon some proper basis; it is not permissible to take into account the same factors which have been taken into account in...
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