Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES (AIRCRAFT) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 7 of 1977 - SECT 3

3. After section 22 of the Crimes (Aircraft) Act 1963-1973 the following
section is inserted:- Offences against section 18.
''22A. (1) Subject to this section, a prosecution for an offence against
section 18 shall be on indictment.

'' (2) Where the law of a State or Territory makes provision for a person who
pleads guilty to a charge in proceedings for his commitment for trial on
indictment to be committed to a higher court and dealt with otherwise than on
indictment, a person charged in that State or Territory with an offence
against section 18 may be dealt with in accordance with that law.

'' (3) Where a person is charged with an offence against section18, a court of
summary jurisdiction may, with the consent of the defendant and of the
prosecutor and if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do so, determine
the charge summarily.

'' (4) Where, in accordance with sub-section (3), a court of summary
jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence against section 18, the penalty
that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a
period not exceeding 1 year, or both.''.
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