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WORKPLACES (PROTECTION FROM PROTESTERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 25 OF 2014) - SECT 16

Certain offences to be indictable
(1)  An offence against a provision of this Act, other than section 10(2) , is an indictable offence.
(2)  Despite subsection (1) , an offence against a provision of this Act may, with the consent of the prosecutor, be heard and determined by a court of summary jurisdiction.
(3)  If an offence against a provision of this Act is dealt with by a court of summary jurisdiction under subsection (2) , the court may impose –
(a) if the offence is an offence, committed by a body corporate, against –
(i) section 6(4)  – a fine not exceeding $25 000; or
(ii) section 7(1) or (2)  – a fine not exceeding $25 000; or
(iii) section 7(3)  – a fine not exceeding $25 000; or
(iv) section 8(1)  or 9(1)  – a fine not exceeding $10 000; or
(b) if the offence is an offence, committed by an individual, against –
(i) section 6(4) and section 17(2)(a) applies in relation to the individual – a fine not exceeding $5 000; or
(ii) section 6(4) and section 17(2)(b) applies in relation to the individual – a fine not exceeding $5 000 or a term of imprisonment of not more than 12 months, or both; or
(iii) section 7(1) or (2)  – a fine not exceeding $5 000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both; or
(iv) section 7(3)  – a fine not exceeding $5 000 or a term or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both; or
(v) section 8(1)  or 9(1)  – a fine not exceeding $5 000; or
(vi) section 11(5)  – a fine not exceeding $5 000.



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