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(1) If the Local Court hears and determines a charge of an indictable offence summarily, the court must not impose on the person found guilty of the offence a sentence of imprisonment of more than 5 years or a fine greater than 500 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not have the effect of increasing the maximum penalty for the indictable offence.