Crimes Act 1914

Part IB - Sentencing, imprisonment and release of federal offenders  

Division 2 - 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.


Minimum penalty
Item Column 1 Column 2
Offence Sentence of imprisonment
1 offence against subsection 272.8(1) of the Criminal Code 6 years
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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