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SPAM ACT 2003 No. 129, 2003 - SECT 23

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The following is a simplified outline of this Part:


* Pecuniary penalties are payable for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.

* Proceedings for the recovery of penalties are to be instituted in the Federal Court.

* The Federal Court may make ancillary orders:

(a) directing the payment of compensation to a victim of a contravention of a civil penalty provision; and
(b) directing the payment to the Commonwealth of an amount up to the amount of any financial benefit that is attributable to a contravention of a civil penalty provision.

Note: Schedule 3 sets up a system of infringement notices relating to contraventions of civil penalty provisions.



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