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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.177AContravention of a police protection direction
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### sec.177A Contravention of a police protection direction
This section applies to a respondent in relation to whom a police protection direction is in force.
See section 100R (1) for when a police protection direction takes effect.
The respondent must not contravene the police protection direction.
Maximum penalty—120 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.
A court hearing proceedings for the prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) must consider whether the police protection direction was issued in substantial compliance with part 4 , division 1A .
If the police protection direction took effect under section 100R (1) (b) , the prosecution bears the onus of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the respondent has been told by a police officer about the existence of a police protection direction or about a condition of the direction the respondent is alleged to have contravened.
s 177A ins 2025 No. 18 s 31
(sec.177A-ssec.1) This section applies to a respondent in relation to whom a police protection direction is in force. See section 100R (1) for when a police protection direction takes effect.
(sec.177A-ssec.2) The respondent must not contravene the police protection direction. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.
(sec.177A-ssec.3) A court hearing proceedings for the prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) must consider whether the police protection direction was issued in substantial compliance with part 4 , division 1A .
(sec.177A-ssec.4) If the police protection direction took effect under section 100R (1) (b) , the prosecution bears the onus of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the respondent has been told by a police officer about the existence of a police protection direction or about a condition of the direction the respondent is alleged to have contravened.