Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 46

46 Fine limitations of certain courts

(1) If an Act creates an offence and does not provide a sentence, the maximum fine that a court may impose for a single offence is—

(a) if the court is a Magistrates Court and the offender is—

(i) an individual—165 penalty units; or

(ii) a corporation—835 penalty units; or

(b) if the court is a District Court and the offender is an individual—4,175 penalty units.

(2) If an Act creates an offence and does not provide a sentence, there is no limit on the fine that the court may impose for a single offence if—

(a) the court is a District Court and the offender is a corporation; or

(b) the court is the Supreme Court.