Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:1_16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 16
Character Range: 510881–511944

16  Additional power to fine

Offences punishable by imprisonment
 (1) If:
 (a) an offence against a law in force in Norfolk Island is punishable by a term of imprisonment; and
 (b) the offence is not, apart from this subsection, punishable by a fine; and
 (c) the offender is a natural person;
a court may, in addition to or instead of sentencing the offender to a term of imprisonment, impose a fine not exceeding the product obtained by multiplying 50 penalty units by:
 (d) if the term of imprisonment is one year or more—that term expressed in years; or
 (e) otherwise—that term expressed as a fraction of a year.

Offences not punishable by imprisonment
 (2) If:
 (a) an offence against a law in force in Norfolk Island is not punishable by a term of imprisonment; and
 (b) the offence is not, apart from this subsection, punishable by a fine; and
 (c) the offender is a natural person;
a court may impose a fine not exceeding:
 (d) 100 penalty units if the court is the Supreme Court; or
 (e) 50 penalty units if the court is the Court of Petty Sessions.