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Continuing offences

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113 Continuing offences

(1) If a court finds a person guilty of an offence against this Act, the court may, in addition to any penalty imposed for the offence, impose a penalty not more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty prescribed for that offence for each day during which the offence continues after the day the offence is charged.

(2) If an offence continues after the person is found guilty of the offence, the court may:

(a)

find the person guilty of a further offence; and

(b) in addition to any penalty imposed for the further offence, impose a penalty of not more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty prescribed for that offence for each day during which the offence continues after the day the person was first found guilty.

(3) If an offence consists of an omission to do something that is required to be done, the omission is taken to continue for as long as the thing required to be done remains to be done after the end of the period for compliance with the requirement.

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Section 113 — Continuing offences — Petroleum Act 1984 (Northern Territory) — Barrister AI