ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1968 - SECT 15E
ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1968 - SECT 15E
15E . Conduct that is both a contempt and an offence
(1) An act or omission
may be punished as a contempt of a Commission even though it could be punished
as an offence.
(2) An act or omission
may be punished as an offence even though it could be punished as a contempt
of a Commission.
(3) If an act or
omission constitutes both an offence and a contempt of a Commission the
defendant is not liable to be punished twice.
[Section 15E inserted: No. 30 of 2006 s. 8.]