18 be referred back to the court for trial. Kriegler AJA pointed out (at 487 E-F) that it was clear that the name 'correctional supervision' did not merely describe a sentence, but was a collective name for a wide variety of measures of which the single common feature was that they were applied outside a prison. At 988J, he referred to the fact that in terms of s 276A(l)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act a court may impose for a period corrective supervision of as much as to 3 years. House arrest for so long a period would be in itself a heavy punishment. He had pointed out however at 488 D: "Dit staan egter 'n straftoemeter vry om monitering en inskakeling by 'n program van sielkundige behandeling vir