South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts15—Offence to contravene or fail to comply with domestic violence
restraining order
(1) A person who
contravenes or fails to comply with a domestic violence restraining order or a
registered foreign domestic violence restraining order is guilty of an
offence.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If a member of the
police force has reason to suspect that a person has committed an offence
against subsection (1), the member may, without warrant, arrest and
detain that person.
(3) A person arrested
and detained under subsection (2) must be brought before the Court as
soon as practicable, and in any event, not more than 24 hours after arrest, to
be dealt with for the offence.
(4) In calculating the
time that has elapsed since arrest for the purposes of subsection (3), no
period falling on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday will be counted.