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"Subsection 97(2) -

Omit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:

'(2) Where a person duly bound by a recognisance or served with a subpoena to attend as a witness in a proceeding before the Supreme Court appears or is brought before the Supreme Court, after having failed to attend or remain in attendance before the Supreme Court as required by the recognisance or the subpoena, the Court may, if satisfied that the failure to attend was without just cause or reasonable excuse -

(a) impose on the person a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units;

(b) commit the person to prison for a term not exceeding 6 months; or

Page 32, amendment of Fishing Act 1967 -

Proposed amendment of section 8 (penalty provision), omit "20 penalty units", substitute "5 penalty units".

Proposed amendment of section 12 (penalty provision), omit "30 penalty units", substitute "20 penalty units".

Proposed amendment of subsection 13(2) (penalty provision), omit "50 penalty units", substitute "10 penalty units".

Page 33, amendment of Fishing Act 1967 -

Proposed amendment of section 17 (penalty provision), omit "30 penalty units", substitute "10 penalty units".

Proposed amendment of subsection 24(1) (penalty provision), omit "20 penalty units", substitute "5 penalty units".

Proposed amendment of subsection 24(2), omit the proposed amendment, substitute the following amendment:

"Subsection 24(2) (penalty provision) -

Omit 'fifty dollars', substitute '5 penalty units'.".

Proposed amendment of subsection 24(3), omit the proposed amendment, substitute the following amendment:

"Subsection 24(3) -

Omit the penalty provision, substitute the following penalty provision:

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