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24 Court by which suspended sentence may be dealt with.
(1) An offender may be dealt with in respect of a suspended sentence by the Crown Court or, where the sentence was passed by a magistrates’ court, by any magistrates’ court before which he appears or is brought.
(2) Where an offender is convicted by a magistrates’ court of an offence punishable with imprisonment and the court is satisfied that the offence was committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence passed by the Crown Court—
(a) the court may, if it thinks fit, commit him in custody or on bail to the Crown Court; and
(b) if it does not, shall give written notice of the conviction to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court.
(3) For the purposes of this section and of section 25 of this Act a suspended sentence passed on an offender on appeal shall be treated as having been passed by the court by which he was originally sentenced.
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24 Court by which suspended sentence may be dealt with.
(1) An offender may be dealt with in respect of a suspended sentence by the Crown Court or, where the sentence was passed by a magistrates’ court, by any magistrates’ court before which he appears or is brought.
(2) Where an offender is convicted by a magistrates’ court of an offence punishable with imprisonment and the court is satisfied that the offence was committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence passed by the Crown Court—
(a) the court may, if it thinks fit, commit him in custody or on bail to the Crown Court; and
(b) if it does not, shall give written notice of the conviction to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court.
(3) For the purposes of this section and of section 25 of this Act a suspended sentence passed on an offender on appeal shall be treated as having been passed by the court by which he was originally sentenced.
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