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Criminal Code Act 1983
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8 Contempt of Court (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act or the Code does not affect the authority of a court of record to punish a person summarily for the offence commonly known as Contempt of Court. (2) A person shall not be punished under subsection (1) and under the Code for the same act or omission.
Criminal Code Act 1983 3 Schedule I Criminal Code of the Northern Territory of Australia section 4