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Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977
49Default term of imprisonment
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49 Default term of imprisonment If the court orders a pecuniary penalty to be paid by a person convicted of an offence against this Act, the court must specify in the order the period of imprisonment to be served by the person convicted in default of payment of the penalty, being a period not exceeding the period of imprisonment for which the person may be sentenced by the court for the offence of which the person is convicted.