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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 78B

78B .         Penalties etc. not affected by impounding etc.

        (1)         The impounding or confiscation of a vehicle under this Division does not affect or in any way limit a provision of this Act relating to the imposition of any penalty or disqualification on a person convicted of an offence in respect of which the vehicle was impounded or confiscated.

        (2A)         The impounding of a vehicle under Subdivision 2 is not relevant to the exercise by a court of its discretion under Subdivision 3 to impound or confiscate a vehicle.

        (2)         For the purposes of the Sentencing Act 1995 section 8 the fact that a vehicle may be, or has been, impounded or confiscated under this Division is not a mitigating factor.

        [Section 78B inserted: No. 10 of 2004 s. 13; amended: No. 24 of 2008 s. 6.]



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