Additional penalty for offence involving sandalwood
180 Additional penalty for offence involving sandalwood
If a court convicts a person of an offence under this Division or the regulations that involves sandalwood, the court may order the offender to pay an additional penalty of an amount calculated at the rate of the prescribed amount per tonne, or part of a tonne, of sandalwood involved in the offence.
The court must not make an order under subsection (1) unless the prosecutor applies for the order.
The amount prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subsection (1) cannot exceed $20 000.
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