Cap. 516 Art. 31Case referral to victim-offender mediation. Cap. 446. Cap.9.

(1) The Court may, at any stage of criminal proceedings, refer the case to the Committee to determine the suitability and eligibility or otherwise for the case to be referred to victim-offender mediation.

(2) The prosecutor, and, or the advocate of the offender and, or the probation officer, as the case may be, may also, at any time during the criminal proceedings request the Court, through an application, to refer the case to the Committee to determine the suitability and eligibility or otherwise for the case to be referred to victim-offender mediation.

(3) If the Court, instead of sentencing the offender to imprisonment, subjects the offender to any order provided under the Probation Act, or to a suspended sentence provided under the

Criminal Code, the probation officer or the surveillance officer, as the case may be, responsible for supervising the offender, may at any stage during the duration of the probation or operational period, request the Court, by means of an application, to refer the case to the Committee to determine the suitability and eligibility or otherwise for the case to be referred to victim-offender mediation.

(4) The Offender Assessment Board and, or the Parole Board and, or the Remission Board, as the case may be, may at any post-sentencing stage refer a case to the Committee to determine the suitability and eligibility or otherwise for a case to be referred to victim-offender mediation.