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Women’s Charter 1961 · s 91T
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Women’s Charter 1961 · s 91T
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Subject to subsection (2), the following provisions do not affect the powers of the court in relation to the punishment for a contempt of court:
section 81(1)(a) read with section 91B(1)(b), in the context of a breach of a maintenance order;
section 91O(1), in the context of a breach of a show‑payment order and a failure to show good cause for the breach.
Where a person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) in respect of any breach of an order, that breach is not punishable as a contempt of court.
A person cannot be sentenced to imprisonment under the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) in respect of any breach of an order which has been punished as a contempt of court.