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Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013
74No double punishment for both contempt and offence or civil penalty provision contravention
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#### 74 No double punishment for both contempt and offence or civil penalty provision contravention
74 No double punishment for both contempt and offence or civil penalty provision contravention
> > (1) An act or omission may be punished as a contempt of the Tribunal even though it could be punished as an offence or a contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act.
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> > (2) An act or omission may be punished as an offence or a contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act even though it could be punished as a contempt of the Tribunal.
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> > (3) However, a person is not liable to be punished twice if the person’s act or omission constitutes—
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> > > (a) both an offence and a contempt of the Tribunal, or
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> > > (b) both a contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act and a contempt of the Tribunal.
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> **s 74:** Ins 2013 No 94, Sch 1 \[25\].