Penalties for attempt
321P Penalties for attempt
S. 321P inserted by No. 10233 s. 4.
S. 321P(1) substituted by No. 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 64).
A person convicted of attempting to commit an offence is liable—
if the penalty for the relevant offence is set out by reference to an expression specified in column 1 of the Table, to the penalty set out opposite it in column 2 of the Table:
S. 321P(1)(a) Table substituted by Nos 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 94(a)), 69/1997 s. 23.
TABLE
Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|
Level 1 imprisonment (life) | Level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum) |
Level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum) | Level 3 imprisonment (20 years maximum) |
Level 2 fine (3000 penalty units maximum) | Level 3 fine (2400 penalty units maximum) |
Level 3 imprisonment (20 years maximum) | Level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum) |
Level 3 fine (2400 penalty units maximum) | Level 4 fine (1800 penalty units maximum) |
Level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum) | Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum) |
Level 4 fine (1800 penalty units maximum) | Level 5 fine (1200 penalty units maximum) |
Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum) | Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) |
Level 5 fine (1200 penalty units maximum) | Level 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum) |
Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) | Level 7 imprisonment (2 years maximum) |
Level 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum) | Level 7 fine (240 penalty units maximum) |
Level 7 imprisonment | Level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum) |
Level 7 fine (240 penalty units maximum) | Level 8 fine (120 penalty units maximum) |
Level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum) | Level 9 imprisonment (6 months maximum) |
Level 8 fine (120 penalty units maximum) | Level 9 fine (60 penalty units maximum) |
Level 9 imprisonment (6 months maximum) | Level 10 fine (10 penalty units maximum) |
Level 9 fine (60 penalty units maximum) | Level 10 fine (10 penalty units maximum) |
Level 10 fine (10 penalty units maximum) | Level 11 fine (5 penalty units maximum) |
Level 11 fine (5 penalty units maximum) | Level 12 fine (1 penalty unit maximum) |
Level 12 fine (1 penalty unit maximum) | Level 12 fine (1 penalty unit maximum) |
if the penalty for the relevant offence is not set out by reference to an expression specified in column 1 of the Table in paragraph (a), to a penalty not exceeding 60% of the maximum penalty fixed or prescribed by law for the relevant offence; or
S. 321P(1)(c) amended by No. 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 94(b)).
if the maximum penalty for the relevant offence is not fixed or prescribed by law, to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).
S. 321P(1A) inserted by No. 41/1993 s. 24, amended by No. 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 95(a)(b)).
For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that if a person is convicted of attempting to commit murder or treason, the person is liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).
A person convicted under this Division of attempting to commit an offence for which, under another enactment, a penalty is provided that is lower than that provided under subsection (1), the person is liable only to that lower penalty.
In this section, a reference to a maximum penalty includes, in relation to an offence against the law of a place outside Victoria, a reference to a maximum penalty (not exceeding life imprisonment) fixed or prescribed by a law of that place and, if a maximum penalty so fixed or prescribed exceeds life imprisonment, is a reference to life imprisonment.
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