16Contravention of order

16 Contravention of order

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.

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.

(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.

(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.

(4) If conduct constitutes both an offence under this section and a contempt of court, the offender is not liable to be punished twice.