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Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010
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16 Contravention of order
> > (1) A person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that constitutes a contravention of a suppression order or non-publication order and is reckless as to whether the conduct constitutes a contravention of a suppression order or non-publication order.
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> > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, for an individual or 5,000 penalty units for a body corporate.
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> > (2) Conduct that constitutes an offence under this section may be punished as a contempt of court even though it could be punished as an offence.
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> > (3) Conduct that constitutes an offence under this section may be punished as an offence even though it could be punished as a contempt of court.
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> > (4) If conduct constitutes both an offence under this section and a contempt of court, the offender is not liable to be punished twice.