Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An officer commits an offence if:
(a) the officer:
(i) exercises any influence that the officer has in the officer's capacity as an officer under this Act; or
(ii) engages in any conduct in the exercise of the officer's duties as such an officer; and
(b) the officer does so with the intention of:
(i) dishonestly obtaining a benefit for himself or herself or any other person; or
(ii) dishonestly causing a detriment to another person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
(2) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), the determination of dishonesty is a matter for the trier of fact.
(3) In this section:
"benefit" includes any advantage and is not limited to property.
"detriment" includes any disadvantage and is not limited to personal injury or to loss of, or damage to, property.
"obtain" includes:
(a) obtain for another person; and
(b) induce a third person to do something that results in another person obtaining.