Western Australian Consolidated Acts

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 by No. 30 of 2006 s. 8.]