Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 333

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person does something with the intention of dishonestly obtaining a gain from someone else; and

        (b)     the other person is the Territory.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (1) (b).

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person does something with the intention of dishonestly causing a loss to someone else; and

        (b)     the other person is the Territory.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (4)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (3) (b).

    (5)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

              (i)     dishonestly causes a loss, or a risk of loss, to someone else; and

              (ii)     knows or believes that the loss will happen or that there is a substantial risk of the loss happening; and

        (b)     the other person is the Territory.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (6)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (5) (b) .

    (7)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person does something with the intention of dishonestly influencing a public official in the exercise of the official's duty as a public official; and

        (b)     the public official is a territory public official; and

        (c)     the duty is a duty as a territory public official.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (8)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (7) (b) and (c).

    (9)     In this section:

"Territory"—see section 319.