Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Commonwealth Places (Administration of Laws) Act 1970 - SECT 8

Double jeopardy

8. Double jeopardy



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





(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.