Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 44

44 .         If statutory penalty is fine only: sentencing options

        (1)         If the statutory penalty for an offence is such that a fine but not imprisonment may be imposed, a court sentencing an offender for the offence may —

            (a)         if the offender is a natural person —

                  (i)         use any one of the sentencing options in section 39(2)(a), (b) and (c); or

                  (ii)         in the case of an offence prescribed for the purposes of this section, use any one of the sentencing options in section 39(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d);

            (b)         if the offender is a body corporate, use any one of the options in section 40(2).

        (2)         If the statutory penalty for an offence is such that a minimum fine must be imposed, then despite subsection (1) the court must impose a fine that is at least the minimum fine and not more than any maximum fine for the offence, unless the written law creating the offence provides otherwise.

        [Section 44 amended by No. 50 of 2003 s. 13 and 33(2).]