New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH PLACES (ADMINISTRATION OF LAWS) ACT 1970 - SECT 8

8 Double jeopardy

(1) Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under both a law of the State and a part of the applied provisions and the offender has been punished for the offence under that part of the applied provisions, the offender shall not be liable to be punished for the offence under that law.

(2) Any reference in the laws of the State to a conviction, punishment, penalty or forfeiture under a law of the State shall be deemed to include a reference to a conviction, punishment, penalty or forfeiture under that part of the applied provisions that corresponds to that law.