(1) If the regulatory fining notice has become legally effective, or if the court has rendered a final decision on the offence as a regulatory offence or as a criminal offence, the same offence can no longer be prosecuted as a regulatory offence.
(2) The final judgment on the offence as a regulatory offence also precludes its prosecution as a criminal offence. The ruling in accordance with section 72, and the ruling of the court hearing the complaint on the offence as a regulatory offence, is deemed equivalent to the final judgment.