Victorian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 79

    (1)     A local law may—

        (a)     prescribe a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units for a contravention of a local law; and

        (b)     prescribe a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units for each day after a finding of guilt or conviction for an offence during which the contravention continues; and

        (c)     prescribe higher penalties (not exceeding 20 penalty units) for a subsequent offence.

    (2)     If a local law does not expressly prescribe a penalty for a contravention of the local law, the court before which proceedings are brought may impose a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.