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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 | {{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 | 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 [[ | (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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