South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act the
penalty set forth at the foot or end of or elsewhere in a section indicates
that any contravention of such section, whether by act or omission, shall be
an offence, punishable, upon conviction, by the penalty so set forth.
(2) Where no minimum
penalty is set forth for any offence against any provision of this Act the
minimum penalty shall be one-tenth of the maximum penalty.
(3) Where a person
guilty of an offence under this Act is liable to a penalty not exceeding two
hundred dollars he shall be liable on a second conviction for a second offence
to a penalty not exceeding four hundred dollars, and on any third or
subsequent conviction to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars.
(4) Where, under any
provision of this Act a person guilty of an offence is liable to a penalty
which may extend to four hundred dollars or more as a maximum, and the
offence, in the opinion of the court, was committed by the personal act,
default, or culpable negligence of the person accused, that person shall be
liable, if the court is of opinion that a fine will not meet the circumstances
of the case, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.