Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A court must not make a * pecuniary penalty order in relation to a person's conviction of a * serious offence until after the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the * conviction day.
(2) However, if the court before which the person was convicted has * proceeds jurisdiction, the court may make a * pecuniary penalty order in relation to the person's conviction when it passes sentence on the person.
Note: Pecuniary penalty orders made under this subsection cannot be enforced within 6 months: see subsection 140(3).
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is taken to have been convicted of the * serious offence because of paragraph 331(1)(d).