Penalty for Destroy or Damage Property with Intent to Injure | Section 196(1)(a) Crimes Act NSW

The maximum penalty for the offence of “destroy or damage property w/i to injure.”

According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:

• Section 9 Bond: 50%
• Fine Only: 33%
• Suspended Sentence: 17%

The average prison sentence for the offence is 0 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 0 months in prison.