Catchwords
Criminal law – Sentencing - Offences against laws of the Commonwealth - Where offender tried in Territory court for indictable offences against laws of the Commonwealth - Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 68(1) - Where Territory legislation permitted aggregate sentences for indictable offences - Whether aggregate sentences were permissible in the case of Commonwealth offences.
Constitutional law – Discrimination - Whether Territory legislation permitting aggregate sentencing resulted in constitutionally impermissible discrimination between federal offenders.
Words and phrases – "so far as they are applicable".
Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) – s 4K, Pt 1B.
Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – s 68.
Sentencing Act (NT) – s 52.