pecuniary penalty

There are no pecuniary penalties available for a breach of section 18.

The Act of 1807 was disregarded as the purely pecuniary penalties were insufficient.

Pecuniary penalties, that is, small fines used to punish perpetrators, have been eliminated.

Frequent amendment of the many laws and regulations dealing with pecuniary penalties would be a very time-consuming process.

The offence was punishable by 6 months' imprisonment or a discretionary pecuniary penalty.

In sections 15 to 32 and 48 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, the expression "fine" includes any pecuniary penalty.

Adler Corporation Pty Limited was also ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty of A$450,000.

The ACCC sought the imposition of injunctions and pecuniary penalties by the court.

The ACCC sort declarations, injunctive relief, pecuniary penalties, and costs.

In section 32 of that Act, the expression "fine" includes a pecuniary penalty but does not include a pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation.

Section 53 does not apply to bills imposing or appropriating fines or other pecuniary penalties, or fees for licensing or services.

(This repeal was subject to a proviso that no pecuniary penalty was to be imposed upon any person by reason of his so absenting himself as aforesaid.)

The Federal Court in Sydney ordered pecuniary penalties of $5 million for breaching the price fixing provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

In Australian law, a penalty unit (abbreviated as PU) is an amount of money used to compute pecuniary penalties for many breaches of statute law.

The ACCC can litigate in the Federal Court of Australia, and seek pecuniary penalties of up to $10 million from corporations and $500,000 from individuals.

The full bench declared that Baxter breached Sections 46 and 47 of the TPA, but left it to the ACCC to seek pecuniary penalties.

The defendant may elect a representative to appear in his place, or seek a vadimonium - a promise to appear on a certain day with a threat of pecuniary penalty if he failed to appear.

There was no distinction drawn between written and spoken words, and when no pecuniary penalty was involved, such cases fell within the old jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, which were only finally abolished in the eighteenth century.

A related concept is the fixed penalty notice, a pecuniary penalty for some minor crimes that can be either accepted (instead of prosecution, thus saving time and paperwork), or taken to court for normal proceedings for that crime.

In the interim Funke refused to pay the pecuniary penalty for non-compliance and in January 1985 a garnishment notice was served to retrieve 10,750 FRF from Funke's bank account, covering fines for May-December 1984.

However, for a breach of many of the related provisions in the Australian Consumer Law, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) can seek pecuniary penalties of up to $1.1 million from corporations and $220,000 from individuals.

In the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression "fine", except for the purposes of any enactment imposing a limit on the amount of any fine, includes any pecuniary penalty or pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation payable under a conviction.

Adler was also disqualified from acting as a director of any company for 20 years; ordered to pay compensation jointly with Adler Corporation Pty Limited and Mr Ray Williams of approximately A$7 million; and ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty of A$450,000.