Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Family Law Amendment Act 1983 No. 72 of 1983 - SECT 32

32. Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended-

         (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''care and control'' and
substituting ''possession''; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (7) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(7) Where an act or omission by a person that constitutes a contravention or
failure to comply with a provision of this section is an offence against any
law, the person may be prosecuted and convicted under that law, but nothing in
this sub-section renders any person liable to be punished twice in respect of
the same act or omission.''.