(b) if the penalty for the relevant offence is not set out by reference to an expression specified in column 1 of the Table in paragraph (a), to a penalty not exceeding 60% of the maximum penalty fixed or prescribed by law for the relevant offence; or (c) if the maximum penalty for the relevant S. 321P(1)(c) amended by offence is not fixed or prescribed by law, to No. 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum). item 94(b)). S. 321P(1A) (1A) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that if a inserted by person is convicted of attempting to commit No. 41/1993 s. 24, murder or treason, the person is liable to level 2 amended by imprisonment (25 years maximum). No. 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 95(a)(b)). (2) A person convicted under this Division of attempting to commit an offence for which, under another enactment, a penalty is provided that is lower than that provided under subsection (1), the person is liable only to that lower penalty. (3) In this section, a reference to a maximum penalty includes, in relation to an offence against the law of a place outside Victoria, a reference to a maximum penalty (not exceeding life imprisonment) fixed or prescribed by a law of that place and, if a maximum penalty so fixed or prescribed exceeds life imprisonment, is a reference to life imprisonment. S. 321Q 321Q Limitations on prosecution inserted by No. 10233 s. 4. (1) Any provision to which this section applies has the same effect with respect to an offence of attempting to commit an offence as it has with respect to the offence attempted.
(b) if the penalty for the relevant offence is not set out by reference to an expression specified in column 1 of the Table in paragraph (a), to a penalty not exceeding 60% of the maximum penalty fixed or prescribed by law for the relevant offence; or S. 321P(1)(c) amended by No. 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 94(b)). (c) if the maximum penalty for the relevant offence is not fixed or prescribed by law, to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum). S. 321P(1A) inserted by No. 41/1993 s. 24, amended by No. 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 95(a)(b)). (1A) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that if a person is convicted of attempting to commit murder or treason, the person is liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum). (2) A person convicted under this Division of attempting to commit an offence for which, under another enactment, a penalty is provided that is lower than that provided under subsection (1), the person is liable only to that lower penalty. (3) In this section, a reference to a maximum penalty includes, in relation to an offence against the law of a place outside Victoria, a reference to a maximum penalty (not exceeding life imprisonment) fixed or prescribed by a law of that place and, if a maximum penalty so fixed or prescribed exceeds life imprisonment, is a reference to life imprisonment. S. 321Q inserted by No. 10233 s. 4. 321Q Limitations on prosecution (1) Any provision to which this section applies has the same effect with respect to an offence of attempting to commit an offence as it has with respect to the offence attempted.