Section 277 — Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)

Punishment of contempt of court

Where by this Act it is provided that a person is guilty of contempt of court, that person may be dealt with by any court having jurisdiction in bankruptcy as if he or she were guilty of a contempt of that court, but a person is not liable to be punished by more than one court in respect of the one contempt.

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Related sections

s 273 — Trial of offences constituted by refusal, failure or omission to act
s 275 — Criminal liability not affected by discharge etc.
s 276 — Trustee acting under a personal insolvency agreement that has been set aside
s 277A — Keeping of books in respect of period of bankruptcy
s 277B — Infringement notices for offences
s 278 — Interpretation

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