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Probation Act twice for Same violation

Dirtboxsniff · 2023-04-24 08:09:35

I understand this is not legal advice but I just want to get a feel if this is something seen by legal folk or not. Can one receive Probation Act / order twice for the same offense committed 10 years apart? (Sec 3 mda). Especially if you can now prove you have taken a ton of steps to better ones selve? Is this heard of at…

24-04-2023 8:09am

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Dirtboxsniff

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I understand this is not legal advice but I just want to get a feel if this is something seen by legal folk or not.

Can one receive Probation Act / order twice for the same offense committed 10 years apart? (Sec 3 mda). Especially if you can now prove you have taken a ton of steps to better ones selve?

Is this heard of at all?

Thanks

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#2 24-04-2023 2:26pm

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There is nothing stopping a judge applying the probation act to somebody who had received it previously.

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