Under section 6 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the court shall not sentence an offender under…
Section 6(1) forbids a sentence of imprisonment on an offender under twenty-one unless the court "is satisfied that ... it would not be desirable to deal with him under…
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Under section 6 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the court shall not sentence an offender under twenty-one years of age, found guilty of an offence punishable with imprisonment (but not imprisonment for life), to imprisonment unless:
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Section 6(1) forbids a sentence of imprisonment on an offender under twenty-one unless the court "is satisfied that ... it would not be desirable to deal with him under section 3 or section 4", and requires it to record its reasons if it does imprison him. The decision is the court's own, not the police's, the complainant's or the Government's.