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Sentencing Act 1995
122Maximum penalty for indictable offence dealt with summarily
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122 Maximum penalty for indictable offence dealt with summarily
(1) If the Local Court hears and determines a charge of an indictable
offence summarily, the court must not impose on the person found
guilty of the offence a sentence of imprisonment of more than
5 years or a fine greater than 500 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not have the effect of increasing the maximum
penalty for the indictable offence.