Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 180A

180A Meaning of certain sentence provisions

A provision of an Act that provides to the effect that the maximum penalty for an offence may be a fine or imprisonment means that the sentencing court may order the offender—

(a) to pay a fine; or

(b) to be imprisoned; or

(c) to pay a fine and also to be imprisoned.

Example—

‘Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years’ means the offender is liable to—

(a) a maximum fine of 100 penalty units; or

(b) maximum imprisonment of 2 years; or

(c) a maximum fine of 100 penalty units and also maximum imprisonment of 2 years.