South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL ASSETS CONFISCATION ACT 2005 (NO 19 OF 2005) - SECT 97

97—Pecuniary penalty orders made in relation to serious offence convictions

        (1)         A court must not make a pecuniary penalty order in relation to a person’s conviction of a serious offence until after the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the conviction day.

        (2)         However, the court may make a pecuniary penalty order in relation to the person’s conviction when it passes sentence on the person.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is taken to have been convicted of the serious offence because of section 5(1)(d).