Property (Relationships) Act 1984
54Failure to comply with injunction
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54 Failure to comply with injunction
54 Failure to comply with injunction
(1) A person against whom an injunction under section 53 has been granted and who—
(a) has been served personally, in the prescribed manner, with a copy of the order under section 53 by which the injunction was granted, and
(b) after having been so served, knowingly fails to comply with a restriction or prohibition specified in the order,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction before a Judge of the Local Court to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the power of a court to punish a person for contempt of court.
s 54: Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.77.