FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205SH
FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205SH
205SH . Relationship between Subdivision and other laws — FLA s. 70NFH
(1) This section
applies where an act or omission by a person —
(a)
constitutes a contravention of an order under this Act affecting children; and
(b) is
also an offence against any law.
(2) If the person is
prosecuted in respect of the offence, a court in which proceedings have been
brought under section 205SB in respect of the contravention of the order must
—
(a)
adjourn those proceedings until the prosecution has been completed; or
(b)
dismiss those proceedings.
(3) The person may be
prosecuted for, and convicted of, the offence.
(4) Nothing in this
section renders the person liable to be punished twice in respect of the same
act or omission.
[Section 205SH inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 101.]
[Heading inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 47.]
[Heading inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 47.]