TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 102 Offences how dealt with.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 102
Offences how dealt with.102. (1) An offence against this Act, other than an offence that may, apart from this section, be dealt with summarily, may be prosecuted summarily or upon indictment or, where the law of the State or Territory in which the proceedings are brought makes provision for an offender who pleads guilty to a charge to be dealt with by the court otherwise than on indictment, the court may deal with the offender in accordance with that law. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) renders the offender liable to be punished more than once for an offence. (3) Where proceedings for an offence against this Act are brought in a court of summary jurisdiction, the court may commit the defendant for trial or to be otherwise dealt with in accordance with law or with the consent of the defendant and of the prosecutor may, if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do so, determine the proceedings summarily, but the court shall not impose a penalty exceeding a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for a period exceeding 6 months in respect of the offence. (4) In this section, a reference to an offence against this Act includes a reference to an offence against the regulations or the By-laws.