Criminal Code

Marginal note:Imposing of conditional sentence

742.1 If a person is convicted of an offence and the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment of less than two years, the court may, for the purpose of supervising the offender’s behaviour in the community, order that the offender serve the sentence in the community, subject to the conditions imposed under section 742.3, if

• (a) the court is satisfied that the service of the sentence in the community would not endanger the safety of the community and would be consistent with the fundamental purpose and principles of sentencing set out in sections 718 to 718.2;

• (b) the offence is not an offence punishable by a minimum term of imprisonment;

• (c) the offence is not an offence, prosecuted by way of indictment, for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 14 years or life;

• (d) the offence is not a terrorism offence, or a criminal organization offence, prosecuted by way of indictment, for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years or more;

• (e) the offence is not an offence, prosecuted by way of indictment, for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years, that

  • (i) resulted in bodily harm,

  • (ii) involved the import, export, trafficking or production of drugs, or

  • (iii) involved the use of a weapon; and

• (f) the offence is not an offence, prosecuted by way of indictment, under any of the following provisions:

  • (i) section 144 (prison breach),

  • (ii) section 264 (criminal harassment),

  • (iii) section 271 (sexual assault),

  • (iv) section 279 (kidnapping),

  • (v) section 279.02 (trafficking in persons — material benefit),

  • (vi) section 281 (abduction of person under fourteen),

  • (vii) section 333.1 (motor vehicle theft),

  • (viii) paragraph 334(a) (theft over $5000),

  • (ix) paragraph 348(1)(e) (breaking and entering a place other than a dwelling-house),

  • (x) section 349 (being unlawfully in a dwelling-house), and

  • (xi) section 435 (arson for fraudulent purpose).