53Proceedings for offences

53 Proceedings for offences

53 Proceedings for offences

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, proceedings for an offence under this Act are to be dealt with summarily before the Local Court.

(2) The Local Court may not deal with an offence under section 16 (Contravention of restraining order).

(3) Proceedings for the following must be dealt with before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction—

(a) an offence under section 16—contravention of a restraining order,

(b) an offence under section 49—contravention of a monitoring order or freezing notice,

(c) an offence under section 50(1)—disclosure of the existence of a monitoring order.

(4) (Repealed)

(5) If proceedings for an offence are dealt with before the Local Court, the maximum penalty that the Court may impose is 100 penalty units or the maximum penalty provided for the offence, whichever is less.

s 53: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.77; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 3; 2022 No 55, Sch 3[29].