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{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}If you are arrested for a criminal or youth offence against another person or their property, a police officer, a Justice of the Peace or a Judge may release you on conditions that you have limited or no contact with that person. This is often called a '''''no contact order'''''.
{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}If you are arrested for a criminal or youth offence against another person or their property, a police officer, a justice of the peace or a judge may release you on conditions that you have limited or no contact with that person. This is often called a '''no contact order'''.


A Judge may also impose a no contact order as a term of a probation if you plead (or are found guilty) of an offence.   
A judge may also impose a no contact order as a term of a probation if you plead (or are found guilty) of an offence.   


If a no contact order causes a problem for you, you can apply to a court to have those conditions changed.
If a no contact order causes a problem for you, you can apply to a court to have those conditions changed.


(For general information on being charged with a criminal or youth offence, see [["I've been charged with a criminal (or youth) offence and have to go to court"]] in this Guide.
(For general information on being charged with a criminal or youth offence, see "[[I've been charged with a criminal (or youth) offence and have to go to court]]" in this Guide.


==First steps==
==First steps==
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