(1) The court must act under this section where the following three conditions are satisfied.
(2) The first condition is that an accused falls within either of the following paragraphs -
(a) he is convicted of an offence or offences, whether in solemn or summary proceedings, or
(b) in the case of summary proceedings in respect of an offence (without proceeding to conviction) an order is made discharging him absolutely.
(3) The second condition is that the prosecutor asks the court to act under this section.
(4) The third condition is that the court decides to order some disposal in respect of the accused; and an absolute discharge is a disposal for the purpose of this subsection.
(5) If the court acts under this section it must proceed as follows -
(a) it must decide whether the accused has a criminal lifestyle;
(b) if it decides that he has a criminal lifestyle it must decide whether he has benefited from his general criminal conduct;
(c) if it decides that he does not have a criminal
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