Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:section:140
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 140
Character Range: 292953–293572

140  Prosecution of offences
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an offence against section 119 is an indictable offence.
 (2) A court of summary jurisdiction may hear and determine proceedings in respect of an offence referred to in subsection (1) if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do so and the defendant and the prosecutor consent.
 (3) Where, in accordance with subsection (2), a court of summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence against section 119, the penalty that the court may impose is imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units, or both.