Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The local
government may from time to time order proceedings to be taken for the
recovery of any penalties, and for the punishment of any person committing an
offence under this Act or any local law which it is the duty of the local
government to enforce, and may order the expenses of such prosecution or other
proceedings to be paid out of the municipal fund.
(2) An authorised
officer of a local government may, by virtue of his office, and without
receiving express authority from such local government, institute and carry on
proceedings against any person for an alleged offence under this Act, or any
local law or regulation made thereunder, and he shall be reimbursed out of the
funds of the local government all costs and expenses which he may incur or be
put to in or about such proceedings.
[Section 358, formerly section 282, renumbered as
section 358: No. 38 of 1933 s. 42; amended: No. 24 of 1970 s. 12; No. 80 of
1987 s. 169; No. 59 of 1991 s. 5(1); No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 28 of 1996 s.
21; No. 19 of 2016 s. 99.]