Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT ACT 1988 No. 3 of 1988 - SECT 121

121. (1) Where:

   (a)  a person is convicted before a court of an offence against paragraph
        47 (1) (b) or subsection 120 (1); or

   (b)  a court makes an order under section 19B of the Crimes Act 1914 in
        relation to a person in relation to an offence against paragraph 47
        (1) (b) or subsection 120 (1); in relation to the refusal or failure
        of the person to comply (whether in whole or in part) with a
        requirement made by or under this Act, the court may, in addition to
        imposing a penalty on the person or making such an order in relation
        to the person, as the case may be, and even though the time for
        complying with the requirement or any other such requirement has
        passed, order the person to comply with:

   (c)  the requirement; and

   (d)  such other requirements made, or that could be made, in relation to
        the person by or under this Act as the court considers necessary to
        ensure the effectiveness of the first-mentioned requirement; within a
        specified time or at a specified place and time.

(2) Where an order under subsection (1) is not given orally by the court to
the person to whom the order is addressed, the proper officer of the court
shall cause a copy of the order to be served on the person in the prescribed
manner.

(3) A person who contravenes an order under subsection (1) is guilty of an
offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or both.