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| (1) Notwithstanding anything in any other law where an offender is convicted of an offence other than.
| | (a) an offence for which the imposition of a minimum sentence of imprisonment is mandatory : or | | |
| | (b) an offence, the penalty prescribed for which includes a term of imprisonment exceeding two years. | | |
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| (2) In entering a community based correction order in respect of an offender, the court shall have regard to the nature and gravity of the offence committed by the offender and the other circumstances relating to the commission of such offence, the pre-sentence report, if any. furnished in respect of the offender and the facilities available for carrying out such order. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts