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Police Offences Act 1935
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### 61 Infringement notices
> *\[Section 61 Inserted by No. 45 of 1995, s. 8 \]*
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> > (1) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2016, s. 6, Applied:21 Jun 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-06-21/act-2016-015#GS6@EN) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2014, s. 52, Applied:19 Dec 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-12-19/act-2014-015#GS52@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2014, s. 52, Applied:19 Dec 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-12-19/act-2014-015#GS52@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2009, s. 13, Applied:12 Nov 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-11-12/act-2009-049#GS13@EN) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (1) amended by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpa@EN) Where a police officer is satisfied that a person has committed an offence against [section 12(1)(a)](#GS12@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , [(b)](#GS12@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , [(c)](#GS12@Gs1@Hpc@EN) or [(d)](#GS12@Gs1@Hpd@EN) , [section 13(1)(a)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , [(b)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , [(c)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpc@EN) , [(d)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpd@EN) , [(e)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpe@EN) or [(f)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpf@EN) , (2), [(4)](#GS13@Gs4@EN) , [(6)](#GS13@Gs6@EN) or [(7)](#GS13@Gs7@EN) , [section 14B](#GS14B@EN) , [section 15B](#GS15B@EN) , [section 15CA(1)](#GS15CA@Gs1@EN) or [(4)](#GS15CA@Gs4@EN) , [section 16(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS16@Gs2@EN) , [section 19A(1)](#GS19A@Gs1@EN) , [section 25(2)](#GS25@Gs2@EN) or [(3)](#GS25@Gs3@EN) , [section 26(1)](#GS26@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS26@Gs2@EN) , [section 37G(1)](#GS37G@Gs1@EN) , [section 37GA(3)](#GS37GA@Gs3@EN) , [section 37JA](#GS37JA@EN) , [section 41](#GS41@EN) , [section 48](#GS48@EN) , [section 49AB(1)](#GS49AB@Gs1@EN) or [(8)](#GS49AB@Gs8@EN) or [section 49B](#GS49B@EN) , he or she may serve on that person an infringement notice in respect of that offence by delivering it to that person or by sending it to that person by post.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (2) amended by No. 15 of 2014, s. 52, Applied:19 Dec 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-12-19/act-2014-015#GS52@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) An infringement notice is to be in accordance with [section 14 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-057#GS14@EN) [Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-057) .
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> > (3) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (4) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (4) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (5) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (5) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (6) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (6) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (7) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (7) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (8) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (8) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (9) [*\[Section 61 Subsection (9) omitted by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja30@GC2@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .