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===Enforcing protection orders===
===Enforcing protection orders===


Protection orders can't be enforced under the ''Family Law Act'', only by s. 127 of the ''Criminal Code'', which makes it an offence to breach of a court order. However, s. 188(2) says this:
Protection orders can't be enforced under the ''Family Law Act'', only by s. 127 of the ''Criminal Code'', which makes it an offence to breach a court order. However, s. 188(2) says this:


<blockquote><tt>A police officer having reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person has contravened a term of an order made under this Part may</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>A police officer having reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person has contravened a term of an order made under this Part may</tt></blockquote>

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