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subsection (3) shall be given by the court to
the offender or his counsel or solicitor.
(5) In this section and section 1093
"Court" means the Supreme Court and the District
Court;
(No. 12 of 1972.)
(Cap. 280.)
"custodial sentence" means a sentence of
imprisonment, a detention order under the
Detention Centres Ordinance and a sentence
of detention in a training centre under
the Training Centres Ordinance.
(Cap. 5.)
(6) The District Court shall have pover
to pass a sentence of preventive detention,
notwithstanding the provisions of section 36
of the District Court Ordinance.
Proof of previous convictions, etc., for the purpose of section 1091.
109J.
(1) For the purpose of determining
whether an offender is liable to be sentenced to
preventive detention, no account shall be taken
of any previous conviction or sentence unless
Ct. 1943 C.58, s.23.7 notice has been given to the offender and to
the proper officer of the court at least 3 days
before the trial that it is intended to prove
the conviction or sentence; and unless any such
previous conviction or sentence is admitted by
the offender the question shall be determined by
the court.