Western Australian Current Acts

CORRUPTION, CRIME AND MISCONDUCT ACT 2003 - SECT 164

164 .         Conduct that is both a contempt and an offence

        (1)         An act may be punished as a contempt of the Commission even though it could be punished as an offence.

        (2)         An act may be punished as an offence even though it could be punished as a contempt of the Commission.

        (3)         If an act constitutes both an offence and a contempt of the Commission the offender is not liable to be punished twice.

        [Section 164 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 22.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 22.]