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In forceCivil double jeopardy
Volume 3Chapter 3B, Part 3B-1 to Chapter 6, Part 6-5 (sections 536NL to 800)
Chapter 4Compliance and enforcement
Part 4-1Civil remedies
Division 4General provisions relating to civil remedies
556 Civil double jeopardy
If a person is ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under a civil remedy provision in relation to particular conduct, the person is not liable to be ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under some other provision of a law of the Commonwealth in relation to that conduct.
Note:
A court may make other orders, such as an order for compensation, in relation to particular conduct even if the court has made a pecuniary penalty order in relation to that conduct (see subsection 546(5)).
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