Crimes Act 1914
Part IB
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Sentencing, imprisonment and release of federal offenders
Division 2
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General sentencing principles
SECTION 16AAA
16AAA
Minimum penalties for certain offences
Subject to section 16AAC , if a person is convicted of an offence described in column 1 of an item in the following table, the court must impose a sentence of imprisonment of at least the period specified in column 2 of that item.
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Hide history noteSubject to section 16AAC , if a person is convicted of an offence described in column 1 of an item in the following table, the court must impose a sentence of imprisonment of at least the period specified in column 2 of that item.
| Minimum penalty | ||
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Offence | entence of imprisonment | |
| 1AA | offence against subsection 80.2BE(1) or (2) of the Criminal Code | 12 months |
| 1A | offence against subsection 80.2H(1) of the Criminal Code | 12 months |
| 1B | offence against subsection 80.2HA(1) of the Criminal Code | 12 months |
| 1C | offence against a provision of Division 101 or 102 of the Criminal Code (other than an offence against subsection 102.8(1) or (2) of the Criminal Code ) | 6 years |
| 1D | offence against subsection 102.8(1) or (2) of the Criminal Code | 12 months |
| 1E | offence against a provision of Division 103 of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
| 1F | offence against a provision of Division 111 or 112 of the Criminal Code (other than an offence against subsection 112.7(1) or (2) of the Criminal Code ) | 6 years |
| 1G | offence against subsection 112.7(1) or (2) of the Criminal Code | 12 months |
| 1H | offence against a provision of Division 113 of the Criminal Code | 3 years |
| 1 | offence against subsection 272.8(1) of the Criminal Code | 6 years |
| 1F | (Repealed No 60 of 2025) | |
| 2 | offence against subsection 272.8(2) of the Criminal Code | 6 years |
| 3 | offence against subsection 272.9(1) of the Criminal Code | 5 years |
| 4 | offence against subsection 272.9(2) of the Criminal Code | 5 years |
| 5 | offence against section 272.10 of the Criminal Code | 7 years |
| 6 | offence against section 272.11 of the Criminal Code | 7 years |
| 7 | offence against section 272.18 of the Criminal Code | 6 years |
| 8 | offence against section 272.19 of the Criminal Code | 6 years |
| 9 | offence against section 273.7 of the Criminal Code | 7 years |
| 10 | offence against section 471.22 of the Criminal Code | 7 years |
| 11 | offence against section 474.23A of the Criminal Code | 5 years |
| 12 | offence against section 474.24A of the Criminal Code | 7 years |
| 13 | offence against subsection 474.25A(1) of the Criminal Code | 5 years |
| 14 | offence against subsection 474.25A(2) of the Criminal Code | 5 years |
| 15 | offence against section 474.25B of the Criminal Code | 7 years |
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