Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT (SIMPLE OFFENCES) ACT 2004 (NO. 70 OF 2004) - SECT 37

37 .         Chapter XI (if not amended by Criminal Code Amendment (Racial Vilification) Act 2004 ) amended

        (1)         Sections 77 and 78 are each amended by deleting the summary conviction penalty and inserting instead —

“
        Summary conviction penalty: imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of $12 000.

”.

        (2)         Sections 79 and 80 are each amended in the summary conviction penalty by deleting “$1 000” and inserting instead —

                “ $4 000 ”.

        (3)         The Criminal Code is amended by inserting at the foot of, and above any summary conviction penalty in, each provision listed in the first column of the Table to this subsection the text opposite the provision in the second column of the Table.

Table

Provision	Text to be inserted
s. 77	Alternative offence: s. 78, 79 or 80.
s. 78	Alternative offence: s. 77, 79 or 80.
s. 79	Alternative offence: s. 80.
s. 80	Alternative offence: s. 79.