The maximum penalty for the offence of “arrested person carrying razor” is 6 months in prison.
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
- Community Correction Order: 27.4%
- Fine Only: 23.3%
- Prison: 23.3%
- Section 10A No Other Penalty: 9.6%
- Conditional Release Order with Conviction: 5.5%
- Intensive Correction Order: 5.5%
- Conditional Release Order without Conviction: 4.1%
- Section 10(1)(a) Dismissal: 1.4%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 7 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 12 months in prison.