Section 1317QA — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

(1) If an act or thing is required under a civil penalty provision to be done:

(a) within a particular period; or

(b) before a particular time;

then the obligation to do that act or thing continues until the act or thing is done (even if the period has expired or the time has passed).

(2) A person who contravenes a civil penalty provision that requires an act or thing to be done:

(a) within a particular period; or

(b) before a particular time;

commits a separate contravention of that provision in respect of each day during which the contravention occurs (including the day the relevant pecuniary penalty order or relinquishment order is made or any later day).

Related sections

• s 1317N — Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings
• s 1317P — Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings
• s 1317Q — Evidence given in proceedings for penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings
• s 1317QB — State of mind
• s 1317QC — Mistake of fact
• s 1317QD — Exceptions etc. to civil penalty provisions—burden of proof

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