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Penalty where person convicted of more than one offence

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Volume 2Parts 6 to 10 (sections 153 to 235)
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Subdivision CPenalties

179 Penalty where person convicted of more than one offence

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), if a person is convicted of more than one offence against section 177, the court may, if it thinks fit, impose one penalty for all the offences.

(2)

A single penalty imposed under subsection (1) must not exceed the sum of the maximum penalties that could be imposed if a separate penalty were imposed for each offence.

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