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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 10C Wearing or carrying prohibited item in a public place

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 10C

Wearing or carrying prohibited item in a public place

10C Wearing or carrying prohibited item in a public place

(1) A person in a public place must not wear or carry a prohibited item so that the item can be seen.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) for a first offence—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or
(b) for a second offence—60 penalty units or 9 months imprisonment; or
(c) for a third or later offence—100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.
(2) A person who is in or on a vehicle that is in a public place must not wear or carry a prohibited item so that the item can be seen from the public place.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) for a first offence—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or
(b) for a second offence—60 penalty units or 9 months imprisonment; or
(c) for a third or later offence—100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.
(3) In this section—


"prohibited item" see the Liquor Act 1992 , section 173EA .