Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 - SECT 49

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person, dishonestly or by coercion, induces an individual into making an administration decision.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person, dishonestly or by coercion, induces an individual into revoking an administration decision.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

    (3)     In this section:

"dishonest"—a person's conduct is "dishonest" if—

        (a)     the person's conduct is dishonest according to the standards of ordinary people; and

        (b)     the person knows that the conduct is dishonest according to those standards.