Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

POLICE ACT 1927 (REPEALED) - SECT 13

(1A) A person who, not being a member of the police force of a State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth other than the Australian Capital Territory—

        (a)     personates or passes herself or himself off as a member of such a police force; or

        (b)     wears or displays any uniform or badge of a member of such a police force, any colourable imitation of such a uniform or badge, or any uniform or badge so closely resembling such a uniform or badge as to be likely to deceive,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any person, other than an officer of the Territory or the Commonwealth or of a State, who practises, acts, or describes herself or himself, as a detective or carries on, or assists in, any business or agency, under the description of a detective business or agency, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

Power to grant general search warrants