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118 Contravention of emergency order or building order
S. 118(1) amended by No. 33/2010 s. 24.
(1) A person to whom an emergency order or building order is directed must comply with that order.
S. 118(2) amended by No. 33/2010 s. 24.
(2) A person must not occupy a building, land or place in contravention of an emergency order or building order.
S. 118(3) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 13).
(3) It is a sufficient defence to a prosecution under this section in relation to a public entertainment if the accused satisfies the court that he or she was unaware and ought not reasonably to have been aware of the fact that the public entertainment was the subject of an emergency order under this Part.
S. 118A inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 51.