Queensland Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 33

33 Indictable offences and summary offences

(1) An offence—

(a) against section 18 ; or

(b) against another provision of this Act involving a child abuse publication;

is punishable on indictment.

(2) Any other offence against this Act is punishable summarily.

(3) An indictable offence against this Act may, at the election of the defendant, be heard and determined summarily.

(4) A complaint under the Justices Act 1886 for a summary offence against this Act may be made only by a person authorised in writing by the Minister.

(5) For subsection (4), the Minister may authorise a person either generally or in relation to a stated complaint.