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National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
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171 Criminal proceedings before civil proceedings
The court must not make a declaration of contravention, a pecuniary penalty order or a relinquishment order against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision if the person has been convicted of an offence constituted by conduct that is substantially the same as the conduct constituting the contravention.