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ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 45 Offence punishable only once

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 45

Offence punishable only once

45 Offence punishable only once

(1) If an act or omission is an offence under each of 2 or more laws, the offender may be prosecuted and punished under any of the laws, but the offender may not be punished more than once for the same offence.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to a law unless an Act otherwise expressly provides.
(3) In this section—


"law" includes the common law.