Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 102

102. (1) An offence against this Act, other than an offence that may, apart
from this section, be dealt with summarily, may be prosecuted summarily or
upon indictment or, where the law of the State or Territory in which the
proceedings are brought makes provision for an offender who pleads guilty to a
charge to be dealt with by the court otherwise than on indictment, the court
may deal with the offender in accordance with that law.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) renders the offender liable to be punished more
than once for an offence.

(3) Where proceedings for an offence against this Act are brought in a court
of summary jurisdiction, the court may commit the defendant for trial or to be
otherwise dealt with in accordance with law or with the consent of the
defendant and of the prosecutor may, if the court is satisfied that it is
proper to do so, determine the proceedings summarily, but the court shall not
impose a penalty exceeding a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for a period
exceeding 6 months in respect of the offence.

(4) In this section, a reference to an offence against this Act includes a
reference to an offence against the regulations or the By-laws.