321CPenalties for conspiracy

321C Penalties for conspiracy

(1) Where a person is convicted under section 321 of conspiracy to commit an offence or offences against a law or laws in force in Victoria—

(a) if the penalty for the relevant offence is fixed by law, the person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the penalty for the relevant offence;

S. 321C(1)(b) amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1)
(Sch. 2 item 62(a)), 48/1997
s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 90(a)).

(b) if the relevant offence, or any of the relevant offences, is an offence for which the penalty is imprisonment for a term the maximum length of which is not prescribed by law, the person shall be liable to level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum);

S. 321C(1)(ba) inserted by No. 41/1993 s. 22(a), amended by No. 48/1997
s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 90(b)(i)).

(ba) despite paragraph (b), if the relevant offence, or any of the relevant offences, is murder or treason, the person is liable to—

S. 321C(1)
(ba)(i) amended by No. 48/1997
s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 90(b)(ii)).

(i) level 1 imprisonment (life); or

(ii) imprisonment for such other term as is fixed by the court—

as the court determines;

S. 321C(1)(c) amended by No. 41/1993 s. 22(b).

(c) subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (ba) and (d), if the relevant offence, or any of the relevant offences, is an offence for which a maximum penalty is prescribed by law, the person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding that maximum penalty or the accumulated maximum penalties, as the case may be; or

S. 321C(1)(d) amended by Nos 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.17), 49/1991 s. 119(1)
(Sch. 2 item 62(b)(i)), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 40.16).

(d) if the relevant offence, or each of the relevant offences, may be heard and determined only in the Magistrates' Court, the person shall be liable to—

S. 321C(1) (d)(i) substituted by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1)
(Sch. 2 item 62(b)(ii)), 48/1997
s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 90(c)(i)).

(i) level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum); or

S. 321C(1)
(d)(ii) substituted by No. 49/1991 s. 119(1)
(Sch. 2 item 62(b)(iii)).

(ii) imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term of imprisonment (if any) prescribed in respect of the relevant offence or the greatest of the maximum terms prescribed in respect of any of the relevant offences, as the case requires—

whichever is the greater.

(2) Where a person is convicted under section 321 of conspiracy to commit an offence or offences against a law or laws in force only in a place outside Victoria—