Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01070:clause:5_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01070
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 10
Character Range: 621534–622251

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 (4) A maximum penalty that is specified:
 (a) at the foot of a clause of a Schedule to this Act (other than a clause that is divided into subclauses); or
 (b) at the foot of a subclause of a Schedule to this Act;
indicates that a person who contravenes the clause or subclause is guilty of an offence against the clause or subclause 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.