Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 54

54 .         One fine for 2 or more offences

        (1)         A court sentencing an offender for 2 or more offences that —

            (a)         are founded on the same facts; or

            (b)         form, or are part of, a series of offences of the same or a similar kind,

                may impose a single fine for all of the offences.

        (2)         A fine imposed under subsection (1) must not be more than the sum of the fines provided by the statutory penalties for each of the offences.

        (3)         If a fine is imposed under subsection (1) and on appeal a conviction for one of the offences (or more than one) is quashed, the appeal court may substitute a fine of another amount for the fine imposed.