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Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Procedure before trial - Sentence indications

63: Offence and penalty relating to sentence indication

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"Breaking the rule about sharing sentence information can get you in trouble with the law."

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If you share information about a sentence indication before the court has made a final decision, you can get in trouble. This includes talking about a request for a sentence indication or a sentence indication that has already been given. You are not allowed to share this information until after the defendant has been sentenced or the charge has been dismissed.

If you do share this information, you can be charged with an offence. If you are found guilty, you could face a penalty.

As an individual, you could go to prison for up to 3 months, or as a company, you could be fined up to $50,000.

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Part 3Procedure before trial
Sentence indications

63Offence and penalty relating to sentence indication

  1. Every person commits an offence who, before the defendant has been sentenced or the charge has been dismissed, knowingly publishes any information about—

  2. a request for a sentence indication; or
    1. a sentence indication that has been given.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

      2. in the case of an individual, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months:
        1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.