5Offences

#### 5 Offences (1) Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code applies to all offences against this Act. (2) A maximum penalty that is specified: (a) at the foot of a section of this Act (other than a section that is divided into subsections); or (b) at the foot of a subsection of this Act; indicates that a person who contravenes the section or subsection is guilty of an offence against the section or subsection that is punishable, on conviction, by a penalty up to that maximum. > Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility. > Note 2: If the specified penalty is imprisonment only, section 4B of the Crimes Act 1914 allows the court to impose a fine instead of imprisonment or in addition to imprisonment.