Conditional Suspended Sentences

In some courts Judges can deal with a case by way of a suspended sentence with supervision as a condition. This means the Judge will normally:

  • request and consider a pre-sanction report from a probation officer;
  • issue a sentence of a number of months or years;
  • suspend it for a period of time conditional on you being under the supervision of a probation officer.
  • Other conditions may also be included.

These type of sentences are more common in the higher courts.

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The Probation Service is an Agency of the Department of Justice and Law Reform