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20.500.12592/r7sr08z

C C O O L L L LA A T

26 Oct 2023

The proposed amendments were therefore adjusted: judicial discretion was reinstated by allowing an exemption or allowing the court to order that the amount be reduced if it is satisfied that the payment of the victim surcharge would cause undue hardship or that the victim surcharge would be disproportionate to the gravity of the offence or the degree of responsibility of the offender and by requir. [...] The court may, on the offender’s application or on its own motion, order an offender to pay no victim surcharge or a reduced amount, if it is satisfied that the victim surcharge would cause undue hardship to the offender, or would not cause undue hardship to the offender, but would be disproportionate to the gravity of the offence or the degree of responsibility of the offender.5 The court also ha. [...] A sentence review could be held and the reviewing court could extend the time for paying the fine, up to 12 months subsequent to the end of the original sentence.23 Section 54(2) of the YCJA permits a young person to discharge the fine or surcharge by earning credits for work performed, much like section 736 of the Code. [...] Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Considerations for Lawyers 15 Applicants must provide evidence that the conviction meets three criteria: • the activity for which the person was convicted was between persons of the same sex; • the person(s), other than the person convicted, consented to participate in the activity; and • the person(s) who participated in the activity were 16 years. [...] However, section 110(4) of the YCJA authorizes the police to apply to a youth court judge for permission to publish the name and photograph of a young person as having committed or allegedly committed an indictable offence “if the court is satisfied that the publication would not be contrary to the young person’s best interest or the public interest.” Section 111 generally prohibits the publicatio.
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