Failure to comply with orders
101 Failure to comply with orders
A person subject to a protection order who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the protection order commits a crime.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 5 years.
Summary conviction penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 2 years and a fine of $24 000.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a failure to comply with an order of the Commissioner under section 94A(1) to undergo assessment or treatment.
A police officer who suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence under subsection (1) may, without a warrant, arrest the person.
[Section 101 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 34 and 42(2); No. 35 of 2024 s. 48.]
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