Relationships Act 2008

If a court having jurisdiction under this Part is satisfied that a person has knowingly and without reasonable cause contravened an order made or injunction granted under this Part (not being an order for the payment of money), the court may do any one or more of the following—

order the person to pay a penalty not exceeding an amount that is 20 times the value of a penalty unit fixed by the Treasurer under section 5(3) of the Monetary Units Act 2004;

require the person to enter into a bond, with or without sureties, for any reasonable amount the court thinks fit, that the person will comply with the order or injunction, or order the person to be imprisoned until the person enters into such bond or until the end of 3 months, whichever first occurs;

order the person to give to the court any documents the court thinks fit;

make any other orders that the court considers necessary to enforce compliance with the order or injunction.

Nothing in subsection (1) affects the power of a court to punish a person for contempt of court.

If an act or omission referred to in subsection (1) is an offence against any other law, the person committing the offence may be prosecuted and convicted under that law, but nothing in this section renders any person liable to be punished twice in respect of the same offence.

For the purposes of section 5 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1958 a bond entered into pursuant to this section is to be treated as a recognisance.