Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:245
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 245
Character Range: 1648028–1649194

245  Institution of prosecutions
 (1) Customs prosecutions may be instituted by the Comptroller‑General of Customs by action, information or other appropriate proceeding:
 (a) in the Supreme Court of a State;
 (b) in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory;
 (c) in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory;
 (d) in a County Court or District Court of a State;
 (e) in a Local Court, being a Local Court of full jurisdiction, of South Australia or of the Northern Territory; or
 (f) in a court of summary jurisdiction of a State, of the Australian Capital Territory or of the Northern Territory.
 (2) Where a Customs prosecution for a pecuniary penalty that, but for this section, would exceed 400 penalty units is instituted in a Court referred to in paragraph (1)(d) or (e), the amount of that penalty that exceeds 400 penalty units shall be taken to have been abandoned.
 (4) Where a Customs prosecution for a pecuniary penalty that, but for this subsection, would exceed 200 penalty units is instituted in a court referred to in paragraph (1)(f), the amount of that penalty that exceeds 200 penalty units shall be taken to have been abandoned.