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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966 - SECT 264E

Offences in relation to Registrar or magistrate conducting an examination

  (1)   A person shall not:

  (a)   insult or disturb a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;

  (b)   interrupt an examination under this Act before a Registrar or magistrate;

  (c)   create a disturbance, or take part   in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place where an examination under this Act is being held before a Registrar or magistrate;

  (d)   use insulting or threatening language towards a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or

  (e)   by writing or speech use words calculated:

  (i)   to influence improperly a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held; or

  (ii)   to bring a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held into disrepute.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   For the purposes of an offence against subsection   (1), strict liability applies to the following physical elements of circumstance of the offence:

  (a)   that the Registrar or magistrate is a Registrar or magistrate before whom an examination under this Act is being held;

  (b)   that the examination is an examination under this Act being held before a Registrar or magistrate.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .


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