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COURT SUPPRESSION AND NON-PUBLICATION ORDERS ACT 2010 - SECT 16
Contravention of order
16 Contravention of order
(1) A person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that
constitutes a contravention of a suppression order or non-publication order
and is reckless as to whether the conduct constitutes a contravention of a
suppression order or non-publication order. : Maximum penalty--1,000 penalty
units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, for an individual or 5,000
penalty units for a body corporate.
(2) Conduct that constitutes an offence
under this section may be punished as a contempt of court even though it could
be punished as an offence.
(3) Conduct that constitutes an offence under this
section may be punished as an offence even though it could be punished as a
contempt of court.
(4) If conduct constitutes both an offence under this
section and a contempt of court, the offender is not liable to be punished
twice.
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