Operation of other laws
50 Operation of other laws
Subject to this section, this Act does not exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory.
If:
a person’s act or omission is both an offence against this Act and an offence against another Act or against a law of a State or Territory; and
the person is convicted of either of those offences;
the person cannot also be convicted of the other offence.
If a person has been convicted of an offence in respect of an act or omission under the law of a foreign country, the person cannot also be convicted of an offence against this Act in respect of that act or omission.
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