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ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 2005 - SECT 177

Double jeopardy

177 Double jeopardy

(cf model provisions, s 148)

(1) A person may be punished only once in relation to the same failure to comply with a particular provision of the road transport legislation, even if the person is liable in more than one capacity.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may be punished for more than one breach of a requirement where the breaches relate to different parts of the same vehicle or combination.



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