ACIS Administration Act 1999 (Repealed)
PART 1
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PRELIMINARY
SECTION 5
OFFENCES
(1)
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code applies to all offences against this Act.
(2)
A maximum penalty that is specified:
(a) at the foot of a section of this Act (other than a section that is divided into subsections); or
(b) at the foot of a subsection of this Act; indicates that a person who contravenes the section or subsection is guilty of an offence against the section or subsection that is punishable, on conviction, by a penalty up to that maximum.
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code applies to all offences against this Act.
(2)
A maximum penalty that is specified:
(a) at the foot of a section of this Act (other than a section that is divided into subsections); or
(b) at the foot of a subsection of this Act; indicates that a person who contravenes the section or subsection is guilty of an offence against the section or subsection that is punishable, on conviction, by a penalty up to that maximum.
Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
Note 2: If the specified penalty is imprisonment only, section 4B of the Crimes Act 1914 allows the court to impose a fine instead of imprisonment or in addition to imprisonment.
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