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Sentencing Act 1995
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27 Alternative penalties
If a provision of an Act confers a discretion to impose a fine or a
period of imprisonment on a person as the penalty for the person
contravening a provision of an Act, the court, on finding the person
guilty of the contravention and in accordance with the penalty
specified for the contravention, may:
(a) fine the person; or
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(b) imprison the person; or
(c) both fine and imprison the person.