The maximum penalty for the offence of “Being Armed with Intent to Commit Indictable Offence” is life in prison.
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
Cases finalised in Local Court: 1,915 cases
| Penalty type | Number of cases | Percentage of cases |
| Community correction order | 766 | 40% |
| Prison | 582 | 30.4% |
| Intensive correction order | 368 | 19.2% |
| Conditional release order without conviction | 80 | 4.2% |
| Fine only (with conviction) | 63 | 3.3% |
| Conditional release order with conviction | 48 | 2.5% |
| Section 10A conviction with no other penalty | 7 | 0.4% |
| Section 10(1)(a) dismissal without conviction | 1 | 0.1% |
Cases finalised in District Court: 22 cases
| Penalty type | Number of cases | Percentage of cases |
| Prison | 14 | 63.6% |
| Intensive correction order | 5 | 22.7% |
| Community correction order | 2 | 9.1% |
| Conditional release order without conviction | 1 | 4.5% |