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NATIONAL CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT 2009 - SECT 175

Civil double jeopardy

  (1)   If a person is ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under a civil penalty 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 section   184).

  (2)   If a relinquishment order is made against a person under section   167C in relation to particular conduct, the person is not liable to a relinquishment order under the Corporations Act 2001 or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 in relation to that conduct.



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