Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994 - SECT 32

Further penalties for subsequent offences

32. Further penalties for subsequent offences

In any case where a person convicted of an offence against this Act has
previously been convicted of an offence against this Act (whether the same
offence or another), the court may, if it considers it appropriate to do so,
impose in addition to the penalty it imposes for the present offence-

   (a)  in the case of an indictable offence-

   (i)  if the person is a body corporate, a further penalty of not less than
        50 penalty units and not more than 2500 penalty units; or

   (ii) in any other case, a further penalty of not less than 10 penalty units
        and not more than 500 penalty units or imprisonment for not more than
        5 years or both;

   (b)  in the case of a summary offence-

   (i)  if the person is a body corporate, a further penalty of not less than
        50 penalty units and not more than 400 penalty units; or

   (ii) in any other case, a further penalty of not less than 10 penalty units
        and not more than 200 penalty units or imprisonment for not more than
        2 years or both. __________________