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In forceAlternative penalties
Part 3Sentences
Division 3Fines
27 Alternative penalties
If a provision of an Act confers a discretion to impose a fine or a period of imprisonment on a person as the penalty for the person contravening a provision of an Act, the court, on finding the person guilty of the contravention and in accordance with the penalty specified for the contravention, may:
(a)
fine the person; or
(b)
imprison the person; or
(c)
both fine and imprison the person.
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